November 2, 2018

Top Political News

• ‘Fired Up’ Voters in 18 States Are Outpacing 2014 Early Ballot Counts.
• Troops Deploy to Parts of Border Where Migrant Caravans Are Deemed Most Likely to Go.
• Trump Escalates Immigration Issue Days Ahead Of Elections With White House Remarks
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics.

Energy & Natural Resources

• White House concerned Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke violated federal rules
• Driven by Trump Policy Changes, Fracking Booms on Public Lands.
• Will This Be the Year Voters Pass the Nation’s First Carbon Tax?

Indian Affairs

• North Dakota Voter ID Law Stands After Last-Ditch Lawsuit
• The invisible Native? That’s not the story told on candidate videos
• Tribal treaty ‘bait and switch’ or ducking gas taxes?
• Tribes lead way on climate change ballot measure

Labor

• President Trump’s top economic adviser: ‘A federal minimum wage is a terrible idea. A terrible idea.’
• Early Look in Gig Worker Cases Sought by Labor Dept. Legal Chief
• Comment Period for NLRB’s Highly Anticipated Joint-Employer Rule Extended.

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• U.S. Added 250,000 Jobs in October; Unemployment at 3.7%
• U.S. Goods Imports and Trade Deficit With China Hit New Records.
• The Ups and Downs Of California’s Gas Tax.

Technology

• Waymo gets green light for robot cars in California; no humans needed
• The Bloody Consequences of the Electric Scooter Revolution
• Bus Transit Is Back, Thanks to Technology (Contributed)
• UPS tests tricycles with extra oomph in Seattle
• U.K. to Roll Out First-of-Its-Kind Digital Tax. Wall Street Journal

Transportation

• Texas Bullet Train named top North American infrastructure project. Dallas Business Journal
• Urban Planning Guru Says Driverless Cars Won’t Fix Congestion
• The Bus Is Still Best
• NTSB: Ethanol train derailment underscores need for safe tank cars
• How GM made ‘everyone in Washington mad.’