By Matt Posky on May 18, 2021
The Transportation Trades Department for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is spending its Tuesday telling the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce subcommittee that autonomous vehicles. Though it’s not because they occasionally run amok when left to their own devices. This is a matter of jobs.
Labor leaders have become increasingly concerned by the massive layoffs that will likely accompany the proliferation of electric vehicles, which require fewer components to assemble. But AVs have played second fiddle until fairly recently, with truckers doing most of the heavy lifting themselves. Now, the ALF-CIO is getting in on the action and hoping to convince legislators to establish formal requirements for there to be a driver behind in the wheel of all commercial vehicles over 10,000 pounds. (Read More…)
Facebook Ducks the Big Issue
We explain Facebook’s decision to extend Trump’s suspension and why he may soon be back.
Donald Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February.Credit.Erin Schaff/The New York Times
May 6, 2021, 6:24 a.m. ET
Facebook’s suspension of Donald Trump will continue for now, the company announced yesterday. But it still has not resolved the central problem that Trump has created for social media platforms and, by extension, American democracy.
The problem is that Trump liesalmostconstantly. Unlike many other politicians including other recent presidents, from both parties he continues to make false statements even after other people have documented their falseness. This behavior undermines the healthy functioning of American democracy, particularly because Trump has such a large following.
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State and Federal Policy Roundtable – A Green Administration?
3 May, 2021 Author Molly ChristianJasmin Melvin
U.S. President Joe Biden s first 100 days in office brought a flurry of executive actions involving climate change and energy policy.
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Part 3: Biden turns to Congress to carry out climate, clean energy push
Up next: Interior sends clear signal promoting wind, targeting oil, gas
But many pieces of Biden s climate agenda, including key parts of his 10-year, $2 trillion infrastructure-focused American Jobs Plan, will require approval from Congress, where partisan divides and parliamentary procedures could determine the fate of those proposals.
In the early weeks of Biden s presidency, Congress was consumed with passing additional coronavirus relief legislation. The president signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 spending package into law in March that increased funding for low-income hous
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Businesses Face Backlash for Criticizing Georgia Voting Law
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Ed Bastian, the chief executive of Delta, was accused by Georgia’s governor of spreading “the same false attacks being repeated by partisan activists.”Credit.Steve Marcus/Reuters
For two weeks, Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola had been under pressure from activists and Black executives who wanted the companies to publicly oppose a new law in Georgia that makes it harder for people to vote. On Wednesday, six days after the law was passed, both companies stated their “crystal clear” opposition to it.