March 1, 2019

Top Political News

• Jay Inslee, Washington Governor and Climate Advocate, Enters 2020 Race.
• Six Key Takeaways From the Michael Cohen Hearing.
• Battle Over Security Clearances Accelerates With Report Of Trump Intervention
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics.

Energy, Natural Resources, & Agriculture

• Senate confirms Wheeler as Trump’s permanent EPA chief
• In Show of Bipartisanship, House Approves a Sweeping Land Conservation Bill.
• Meet The White House’s New Chief Climate Change Skeptic
• NOAA delays launch of ‘next generation’ weather forecast model and names new acting head. Washington Post

Indian Affairs

• Tribal Nations Push Congress, Justices for Labor Law Sovereignty
• Many tribes say billion-dollar cannabis business is a gateway to economic development.
• A Piece Of Sacred Meteorite Is Returned To An Oregon Tribe

Labor

• AFL-CIO settles on NLRB pick
• The Gap Between Workers and Jobs.
• Inside the Hottest Job Market in Half a Century
• Uber and Lyft are reportedly giving drivers cash to buy shares in their respective IPOs

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• The Gas Tax At 100: Oregon Enacts America’s First-Ever Motor Fuel Tax, February 25, 1919.
• 18 Cents a Gallon? 20 Cents? Two Governors Float Major Gas Tax Hikes.
• Taxing Uber and Lyft rides is L.A. County’s latest idea to free up congested roads
• Trump Trade Adviser Defends China Deal Before Congressional Skeptics
• Debt Limit May Not Be Increased Until October, Chuck Grassley Says
• South Korea to work with U.S. and North Korea after failed nuclear talks

Technology

• Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Addresses Autonomous Tech, Infrastructure at AASHTO Briefing.
• Using Data to Figure Out Where Transit Should Go
• How new ideas of mobility will shape public EV charging infrastructure
• Daimler and BMW announce $1.1 billion partnership in a bid to take on Uber
• FTC’s New Task Force Could Be Trouble for Big Tech. Wall Street Journal
• Sprint’s 5G wireless launch, planned for May, could be the country’s first

Transportation & Infrastructure

• House Transportation Leader DeFazio Offers Infrastructure Legislation Road Map.
• Governors bullish on infrastructure after Trump talks
• Pence promises governors that Congress will pass an infrastructure bill by next year
• NTSB makes key leadership changes. Progressive
• L.I.R.R. Accident: How a Hazardous Rail Crossing Became a Deadly Crash Site.
• Pentagon says it will delay, but not cancel, other projects to fund Trump’s wall