December 15, 2017

Top Political News

• Once a Long Shot, Democrat Doug Jones Wins Alabama Senate Race.
• Paul Ryan Sees His Wild Washington Journey Coming to An End.
• The biggest Pinocchios of 2017
• Vera Katz, Mayor Who Oversaw Portland’s Flowering, Dies at 84.
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Energy & Natural Resources

• Democrats lift hold on Interior pick, keep block on another.
• Watchdog: Trump officials improperly withheld funds for advanced energy office
• Trump Says His Regulatory Rollback Already Is the ‘Most Far-Reaching.’
• EPA Targets 2 Pacific Northwest Superfund sites for Expedited Cleanup

Indian Affairs

• The Biggest Federal Tax Overhaul in 30 Years: Native American Tribes Are Not Included. 
• Native Americans Feel Invisible in U.S. Health Care System
• Crime data in Native American tribal lands ‘virtually useless’: watchdog

Labor

• Labor Board Reverses Ruling That Helped Workers Fight Chains
• Sen. Sherrod Brown Announces Plan To Rescue Union Pension Funds
• Cadillac tax is sticking point for Congress.

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• Republican Tax Bill Faces New Uncertainty Ahead of Expected Vote.
• Walden says revised GOP tax bill preserves key Oregon deductions.
• Doubting the intelligence, Trump pursues Putin and leaves a Russian threat unchecked

Technology

• F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules
• After FCC Abandons Net Neutrality, States Take Up the Fight
• Meet the microgrid, the technology poised to transform electricity
• DOJ confirms criminal investigation into Uber

Transportation

• Trump officials push application overhaul for infrastructure projects. The Hill
• White House still eyeing gas tax hike to pay for infrastructure plan
• Washington Joins Oregon in Pay-By-The-Mile Experiment
• Feds derail oil-train brake standards