The Weekly Trek: August 19

The Weekly Trek

August 19, 2016

Top Political News

• Trump, Clinton planning their transitions side-by-side in Washington. Washington Post
• 5 takeaways from Trump’s pick of Breitbart exec as campaign CEO. The Hill
• Clinton Allies Say They’re Ready for Rough Campaign After Trump Shakeup. Bloomberg
• Handicapping the 2016 Presidential Race: August Edition. Governing
• Senate map expands for Dems. The Hill
• GOP preps tough perjury case against Clinton. The Hill
• State Dept. to release all of Clinton’s deleted emails. The Hill

Transportation

• Volvo, Uber to Jointly Develop Autonomous Sport-Utility Vehicles. Wall Street Journal
• New Rules Require Heavy-Duty Trucks to Reduce Emissions by 25% Over the Next Decade. New York Times
• Freight Railroads Fight New Rule for Amtrak Trains. Wall Street Journal
• FRA Awards $25 Million in Grants for Positive Train Control Implementation. Progressive Railroading
• How Trump and Clinton would rebuild creaky infrastructure. CBS News
• Uber’s First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month. Bloomberg
• Electric Cars Could Be Cheaper To Run Than Gas Cars By 2022. Fast Company
• Ford Says It Will Have a Fully Autonomous Car By 2021. Detroit Free Press

Energy & Natural Resources

• Homes burn, thousands flee as out-of-control brush fire chars more than 31,000 acres in Cajon Pass. L.A. Times
• ‘Range anxiety’ is scaring people away from electric cars — but the fear may be overblown. Washington Post
• Fossil fuel appetites, nature needs clash in nation’s most-visited public forest. Denver Post
• How Producing Clean Power Turned Out to Be a Messy Business. New York Times

Labor

• Trump and Pence’s Union-Busting Is Nailed Into the GOP Presidential Platform. AFL-CIO
• Fraudulent Transfers Into An ERISA Plan Can Be Unwound Despite The ERISA Protections. Forbes
• Antiunion Campaign Goes Door-to-Door. Wall Street Journal
• The Growing Urgency for Serious Public Pension Reforms. Governing
• Unions hate Right-to-Work. Let’s give the worker a choice. The Hill
• Why Are American Workers Getting Less Productive? The Atlantic

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• Why It’s So Hard to Get Rid of Tax ‘Loopholes’. Wall Street Journal
• Obama’s response to TPP rhetoric: Push harder. Politico
• How Much Should We Tax CEOs? Tax Foundation
• Why Critics Of Free Trade Are Talking China, Not NAFTA. FiveThirtyEight

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