February 24, 2017
The Weekly Trek
February 24, 2017
Top Political News
- Trump gives wide-ranging speech at CPAC, blasts media. Washington Post
- White House adviser asked FBI to dispute Russia reports. Washington Post
- America’s Rowdy Town Halls: More Organic Than Organized. Wall Street Journal
- Democracy in America: How Is It Doing? New York Times
- Fight Over Supreme Court Pick Neil Gorsuch Set to Ramp Up. Wall Street Journal
- The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico
Transportation
- As Trump Eyes Infrastructure, State and Local Leaders Defend Tax-Exempt ‘Muni Bonds’. Route Fifty
- GM, Tech Industry at Loggerheads Over Self-Driving Cars. Wall Street Journal
- Alphabet’s Waymo Sues Uber Over Self-Driving Car Secrets. Wall Street Journal
- Google’s Waze Plans Expansion of Ride-Sharing Service. Wall Street Journal
- Tomorrow’s Transportation Ecosystem: From Autonomous Vehicles to Public Transit. Wharton
- Reagan transportation secretary is excited about drones and self-driving cars. Daily Pennsylvanian
- States Push to Raise Gasoline Taxes. Wall Street Journal
- Groups revive debate over passenger fees for airport upgrades. The Hill
Energy & Natural Resources
- West’s challenge is still water scarcity, wet winter or not. Christian Science Monitor
- Trump rails against energy regs, vows to revive coal. E&E
- CPAC: ‘Tide is turning’ in battle against enviro ‘scumbags’. E&E
- UN Climate Chief Seeks Tillerson to Keep Paris Deal Alive. Bloomberg
- Border-Adjustment Tax Divides Energy Sector. Wall Street Journal
Labor
- Pension Funds Hope to Close the Gap Through Trump Tax Policies. Wall Street Journal
- Republicans’ National Right-to-Work Proposal Faces Hurdles. BNA
- The Jobs Americans Do. New York Times
- Public funds stay strong despite major challenges. Pensions and Investments
Taxation, Trade, & Defense
- Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Sees Tax Overhaul by August. Wall Street Journal
- ‘None of these big quagmire deals’: Trump spells out historic shift in approach to trade. Washington Post
- The Big Question for the U.S. Economy: How Much Room Is There to Grow? New York Times
- Why the GOP should abandon the border adjustment tax. Politico
- Former Trump trade adviser: Border-adjustment tax could go a long way toward improving NAFTA. Business Insider
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