Caitlin Devitt

A significant chunk of the costs will be passed to ratepayers, experts said.

The White House is set to announce whether the controversial high-speed project will win a major rail grant by the end of the year.

The city may also issue an RFP for underwriters, though the timing is not set, said CFO Jill Jaworski.

The project was to have been the first small modular reactor technology in the U.S.

States are required to reduce vehicle-related greenhouse gas emissions under the rule that was finalized last week.

Well-known municipal restructuring and P3 attorney Karol Denniston, the Global Projects Partner at Squire Patton Boggs, talks with infrastructure reporter Caitlin Devitt about the growing popularity of predevelopment agreements as well as the P3 pipeline and legal challenges like the University of Iowa's litigation over its 50-year energy concession. (38 minutes)

The retirement proposal also attempts to clarify the definition of riskless transactions, which are common in the muni market.

The projects range from airports to ports and transit-oriented development.

Bennett joins the university as associate vice president of finance under CFO Ivan Samstein, former Cook County CFO.

The firm plans to launch a pair of high-yield muni funds in January.