Caitlin Devitt

FEMA's rule is among the first adopted by a federal agency that will require federally funded projects to be sited and designed with future climate impacts in mind, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council.

GOP House bills feature spending cuts and some policy riders, including a provision in the Transportation and Housing draft bill that bans congestion pricing in New York.

Work is expected to be completed in 2038 and ultimately provide four rail tunnels for Amtrak and NJ Transit trains between New York and New Jersey.

The environmental clearance marks a regulatory milestone, but major funding shortfalls remain.

Infrastructure practice is a "strategic priority" for the firm, it said in announcing the hire of Elena Millerman.

The request is part of the White House's larger funding request from Congress to cover disaster needs from tornados to wildfires.

LA Metro, which has been considering congestion pricing since 2018, said it had "looked forward to learning lessons" from New York's now paused initiative.

Washington state won the most amount of grants and the most in funding for the second year in a row.

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, a Republican, recently vetoed anti-ESG legislation similar to Missouri's, saying that it overstepped legal authority.

A pair of infrastructure experts are proposing a $25 billion federal appropriation to create state bond banks across the country.

While the muni market lobbies for its wish list, investors keep in mind that any tax rate changes affect appetite and market technicals.

The state's new law requires companies like investment banks to provide written verification of their positions, part of a trend among similar bills aimed at preventing Wall Street banks from lying about their positions, said a firearms industry lobbyist.

A coalition of metropolitan planning organizations and transportation officials along the Interstate-4 corridor approved a resolution supporting further development.

"It would be irresponsible for us to ignore factors that can fundamentally impact the long-term viability of investments," said CalPERS interim Chief Investment Officer Dan Bienvenue of climate risks.

Restoring tax-exempt advance-refunding remains a top legislative priority.

The use of unregistered municipal advisors in the public-private partnership sector can lead to unnecessarily expensive deals for cities and states, said SEC's Dave Sanchez.

Cities and states should carefully review the joint federal proposal and flag anything that may create a market problem, said the SEC's Dave Sanchez.

The Canadian finance official says local governments in the U.S. and Canada face similar challenges but also can learn from each other.

Infrastructure projects no longer have to be included in a state's transportation plan to be eligible for a TIFIA loan.

It's one of the most controversial uses of tax-exempt debt, but repeated legislative efforts to eliminate it have failed.