January 26, 2018

Top Political News

• Government Shutdown Ends After 3 Days of Recriminations.
• Justice Department threatens to subpoena records in escalating battle with ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions.
• Has the Tide Turned Against Partisan Gerrymandering?
• Senate Confirms Trump Nominee Alex Azar as Health Secretary.
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Energy & Natural Resources

• Trump’s Infrastructure Push Targets Permit Rules.
• EPA pushes unified national fuel emissions standard
• Coal’s Decline Seems Impervious to Trump’s Promises
• Supreme Court ruling complicates next steps on WOTUS

Indian Affairs

• Tribes Say Medicaid Work Requirements Jeopardize Health Care.
• SCOTUS Declines to Consider Whether Tribal Courts Have Jurisdiction to Adjudicate Employment Claims
• Wisconsin tribe sues Corps, EPA over permitting of sulfide mine

Labor

• Uber CEO calls for new benefits system for gig economy workers
• Uber-Union Proposal on Benefits Met With Skepticism From Labor.
• Unions Widen Who They’re Fighting For
• NLRB General Counsel Signals Important Changes at NLRB.

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• Trump imposes tariffs on solar panels and washing machines in first major trade action of 2018.
• Freight-rail groups: Don’t scrap NAFTA
• Trump leaves door open to a reworked Pacific Rim deal
• Trump, in Davos, Hopes to Sell the Story of U.S. Success

Technology

• Should Transit Agencies Panic?
• People Keep Confusing Their Teslas For Self-Driving Cars
• Auto Industry Tells Congress to Pump Brakes On Self-Driving Car Regulation.
• States and Cities Keep the Battle for Net Neutrality Alive

Transportation

• A Shortage of Trucks Is Forcing Companies to Cut Shipments or Pay Up
• The long-promised Trump infrastructure plan may just have leaked
• Trump to announce $1.7 trillion infrastructure package at State of the Union
• NS attributes higher profit to volume growth, strategic plan.
• Union Pacific CEO: Train Braking Technology Is Clogging the Railway