March 8, 2019

Top Political News

• Forming A 385-Mile Human Wall, And 5 Other Ways Women Are Changing The World.
• Bill Shine Resigns as White House Message Chief.
• House Passes Election Overhaul Package
• Manafort gets 47 months in prison for financial fraud.
• HUD Secretary Ben Carson says he intends to leave his post at the end of Trump’s term
• Why Did Four Top Democrats Just Say No to 2020?
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Energy, Natural Resources, & Agriculture

• White House presses automakers to back fuel-efficiency rollback
• Interior approved $250M to keep parks open during shutdown
• Uber and Lyft IPOs to usher in new wave of climate pressure.
• Counties Push for Sustainable Public Lands Payment Programs

Indian Affairs

• First Native American Congresswoman presides over House
• Indian Health Service Head to Face Questions on Failure to Stop Doctor Who Abused Patients
• Limited School Choice For Native Americans; Oakland Teachers Reach Deal To End Strike

Labor

• U.S. Economy Loses Steam, Adding Only 20,000 Jobs Last Month.
• Labor Department Seeks to Make More Eligible for Overtime.
• Labor Department Set to Propose Rule on Joint Employment.
• U.S. companies get green light on controversial pension payouts

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• Ivey calls special session to consider Alabama gas tax increase
• Short-line tax credit included in proposed tax extenders bill
• The Problem With Opportunity Zones
• U.S.-China Trade Deal Isn’t Imminent So No Summit Date Set, Envoy Says

Technology

• Uber Not Criminally Liable In Death Of Woman Hit By Self-Driving Car, Prosecutor Says.
• How Bird plans to blanket the world with electric scooters without going bankrupt
• Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Amazon
• Philadelphia Is First U.S. City to Ban Cashless Stores

Transportation & Infrastructure

• Infrastructure Bill Seen as Difficult to Pass Amid Funding Disputes
• Congress Signals Potential for Infrastructure Bill as Stakeholders Call for Sustainable Funding.
• Muni Bonds Enjoy Historic Run Despite Tax Overhaul
• 5 ways Congress may try to fix the Highway Trust Fund.
• Pedestrian Deaths in U.S. Approach Highest Number in Nearly 30 Years, Study Shows