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The Weekly Trek: April 1, 2016

The Weekly Trek

April 1, 2016

Top Political News

  • U.S. March Nonfarm Payrolls Rose by 215,000; Jobless Rate 5.0%. Wall Street Journal
  • Trump’s narrow path to 1,237. The Hill
  • All three Republican presidential candidates back away from pledge to support eventual nominee. Washington Post
  • Backstage maneuvering begins in wide-open GOP chairman’s race. The Hill
  • Obama to give speech in Chicago on Supreme Court vacancy dispute. Washington Post

Transportation

  • A Departure From Decades of Highway Policy. The Atlantic
  • The Cities Doubling Down on Highways. The Atlantic
  • Internet of Things: Public transportation agencies are using Big Data to improve operational efficiency, safety and customer convenience. Progressive Railroading
  • Meet the new Model 3 from Tesla. Washington Post
  • What’s the best city for electric cars in the US? CS Monitor
  • Where’s the lane? Self-driving cars confused by shabby U.S. roadways. Reuters
  • Norfolk Southern Steps Up Fight Against Canadian Pacific Merger. Wall Street Journal
  • Why Upgrading Air-Traffic Control Is Stuck in a Holding Pattern. Wall Street Journal
  • How airports and the drone industry are teaming up to protect planes. Washington Post

Energy & Natural Resources

  • Administration touts energy efficiency as a climate side bet. E&E News
  • Increase in Water Battles Among States Seen, Cruden Says. BNA
  • Governor ponies up $500K for Willamette Falls restoration project. Portland Biz Journal
  • Everyone’s Waiting on Instructions for Cleaning Up the Willamette. Portland Mercury

Labor

  • Public sector unions just avoided a huge defeat at the Supreme Court. Vox
  • Conservatives vow to ask Supreme Court to rehear deadlocked union case. The Guardian
  • Fate of 400,000 Teamster Pensions Rests in Ken Feinberg’s Hands. Bloomberg
  • The Cities on the Sunny Side of the American Economy. New York Times
  • Undercover as a Casino Owner, I Saw How Right-to-Work Laws Hurt. Daily Beast

Taxation, Trade & Defense

  • How China Is Welded To UK’s Steel Problems. Sky News
  • Tata Steel Plans to Sell British Plants, Threatening 15,000 Jobs. New York Times
  • MLP Investors’ Maze of Tax Trouble Keeps Getting Worse. Wall Street Journal
  • Obama: How we can make our vision of a world without nuclear weapons a reality. Washington Post

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