The Weekly Trek: August 26, 2016
The Weekly Trek
August 26, 2016
Top Political News
- Trump-Clinton race redraws battle for electoral college. The Hill
- Hillary Clinton’s 15,000 New Emails to Get Timetable for Release. New York Times
- The Biden Doctrine. The Atlantic
- Poll: Half of all voters won’t consider Trump. Morning Consult
Transportation
- Congratulations to WSDOT on their discretionary grant award! DOT
- Achieving Multimodal Networks: Applying Design Flexibility and Reducing Conflicts. FHWA
- U.S. Driving Up 3.3 Percent In First Half of 2016, New Federal Data Show. FHWA
- Local Highway Drivers Bear Brunt of Road Funding Gap. Wall Street Journal
- Rail groups praise Amtrak’s choice of Moorman as next CEO. Progressive Railroading
- Self-driving cars reach a fork in the road, and automakers take different routes. Washington Post
- Uber bets on big rigs as companies race toward self-driving future. CBS
- Delphi, Mobileye Join Forces to Develop Self-Drive System. Wall Street Journal
- Big Transit Plans Go Before Voters in November. Governing
- ConnectOregon grants awarded to intermodal projects. Progressive Railroading
Energy & Natural Resources
- Obama’s science legacy: uneven progress on scientific integrity. Nature
- Crews Battling 35 Large, Uncontained Wildfires in the West. ABC News
- Obama protects woods donated by Burt’s Bees co-founder. E&E News
- Solar Industry Braces With Looming Glut Eroding Panel Prices. Bloomberg
Labor
- Twenty Years Since Welfare ‘Reform’. The Atlantic
- Economic Growth Through Employee Ownership. National Center for Employee Ownernership
Taxation, Trade, & Defense
- The Feudal Origins of America’s Most-Hated Tax. CityLab
- The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: A Ranking of State Economies. Governing
- Key House Republican to Unveil Sales Tax Plan for Purchases Across State Lines. Wall Street Journal
- Geneva’s Corporate-Tax Fight Becomes ‘Mother of All Battles’. Bloomberg
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