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April 28, 2017

The Weekly Trek

April 28, 2017

Top Political News

  • Congress passes stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown. Politico
  • Health Law Repeal Will Miss Trump’s 100-Day Target Date. New York Times
  • The Obamas face the paid-speaking circuit – and all the questions that come with it. Washington Post
  • Slow pace of Trump nominations leaves Cabinet agencies ‘stuck’ in staffing limbo. Washington Post
  • The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

  • Trump takes aim at Obama monuments. The Hill
  • Apple says new Oregon solar and wind projects will help power Prineville data centers. Oregonian
  • Trump taps former Bush official for key Interior post. The Hill
  • Court Gives Trump Small Victory in Push Against Clean Power Plan. New York Times
  • Trump signs order to roll back Obama’s offshore drilling limits. The Hill
  • Merkley bill aims U.S. toward 100% renewables by 2050. Portland Business Journal
  • Majority of swing district voters oppose EPA cuts – poll. E&E

Indian Affairs

  • Tribes sue Coast Guard over tanker traffic’s risk to orcas in Strait of Juan de Fuca. Associated Press
  • Indian tribes fear Trump will be a buzzkill for their marijuana business. McClatchy DC
  • Tribes bash Trump over Bears Ears review. E&E
  • Opinion analysis: Justices decline to extend sovereign immunity to tribe employees. SCOTUSblog

Labor

  • Senate Confirms R. Alexander Acosta as Labor Secretary. New York Times
  • Cracking the Mystery of Labor’s Falling Share of GDP. Bloomberg
  • Build it and be banned: Lawmakers move to block state contracts for any builders of Trump’s border wall. LA Times

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

  • White House Proposes Slashing Tax Rates, Significantly Aiding Wealthy. New York Times
  • ‘I was all set to terminate’: Inside Trump’s sudden shift on NAFTA. Washington Post
  • State and local governments express concerns about Trump tax plan. The Hill
  • Lighthizer unanimously approved by Senate panel. The Hill
  • Rising tide of Oregon exports reaches new height. Portland Business Journal

Technology

  • Uber’s self-driving car boss, Anthony Levandowski, is stepping aside amid legal fight with Waymo. Business Insider
  • Flying Taxis Will Be More Like Taking the Bus. Bloomberg
  • Old car, new tricks: Adding safety tech to an older car. Washington Post
  • Apple self-driving car testing plan gives clues to tech program. Reuters
  • Tesla charging expansion will bring 8 new stations to Oregon. Portland Business Journal
  • FCC chairman announces start of net neutrality pullback. Politico

Transportation

  • Automakers to meet with U.S. transportation, EPA chiefs. Reuters
  • Hopes fade for using tax reform on infrastructure. The Hill
  • Trump’s Transportation chief sits down with GOP members to talk infrastructure. The Hill
  • Bridges, rail corridors find new life as urban trails. USA Today
  • Trump’s proposed cuts to federal transit funding will harm American cities.The Hill
  • Here’s how Sound Transit plans to roll out ‘one of the most ambitious transit expansions’ U.S. has ever seen. Seattle Times

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