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Weekly Trek: May 20, 2016

The Weekly Trek

May 20, 2016

Top Political News

  • Obama to Congress: Give me Zika funding or skip recess. The Hill
  • Clinton fury with Sanders grows. The Hill
  • Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 6 points nationally. The Hill
  • Poll: More Republicans trust Trump than Ryan. The Hill
  • ‘Poisonous’ Riders Cloud Spending Bills’ Prospects. BNA
  • Ted Wheeler wins race to be Portland’s next mayor. The Oregonian
  • The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Transportation

  • America’s Road to Economic Opportunity Is Paved With Infrastructure Jobs. CityLab
  • The big sell: Making people care about infrastructure repair. Chicago Tribune
  • The Unbreakable U.S. High-Speed Rail System. CityLab
  • Engineers Say Underinvestment in US Infrastructure Costs Avg Family $3,400 a Year. AASHTO
  • Japanese firm to open Dallas office to assist high-speed rail builder. Progressive Railroading
  • House prepping bill to relieve long airport lines. The Hill
  • Startup Wants to Put Self-Driving Big Rigs on US Highways. AP
  • Portland shows off transportation technology in bid for $50 million grant. The Oregonian
  • Panel: Transit, freight truck capacity in Central Oregon are priorities. Bend Bulletin

Energy & Natural Resources

  • Oregon Ban on Commercial Water Bottling Could Leave Industry High and Dry. WSJ
  • Anti-Nestle ballot measure: Bid to block Cascade Locks water plant succeeds. The Oregonian
  • Pa. lobbyist fighting ‘for men and women in coal fields’. E&E News
  • Rift Between Labor and Environmentalists Threatens Democratic Turnout Plan. NYT
  • Coastal Flooding Will Hit World’s Biggest Polluters Hardest. HuffPost
  • An enormous 500MW wind farm could soon grace the fields of Eastern Oregon. Portland Business Journal

Labor

  • Can Labor Learn from Silicon Valley? In These Times
  • Millions more workers would be eligible for overtime pay under new federal rule. Washington Post
  • Americans Don’t Miss Manufacturing — They Miss Unions. FiveThirtyEight
  • Union Leaders, Port Truck Drivers Protest XPO Labor Practices at Shareholder Meeting. Trucks

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

  • House Passes $610 Billion Defense Policy Bill, Despite Obama Veto Threat. WSJ
  • Report: Pacific trade pact would boost growth, jobs and incomes. The Hill
  • Why Foreign Buyers Are Snapping Up U.S. Companies. WSJ
  • For Obama, an Unexpected Legacy of Two Full Terms at War. NYT

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