Kyle Glazier

Treasurer Manju Ganeriwala has helped helm Virginia's finances through two governors and a global recession, and though the commonwealth has emerged in better shape than many states, she remains concerned about pension reform and what she feels are misguided efforts at muni market regulation by federal authorities.

WASHINGTON — Personal income rose $28.2 billion, or 0.2%, in February, while consumption rose 0.8%, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

Personal income rose $28.2 billion or 0.2% in February, while consumption rose 0.8%, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

WASHINGTON — Congress approved a 90-day extension of federal highway funding Thursday, capping a week filled with wild legislative twists and turns that led House Republican leaders to pull shorter-term bills from the floor three days in a row when it was clear they wouldn't be approved.

WASHINGTON — Final real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 3.0% in the fourth quarter of 2011, the Commerce Department reported on Thursday.

Final real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the U.S. -- increased at an annual rate of 3.0% in the fourth quarter of 2011, the Commerce Department reported on Thursday.

WASHINGTON — New orders for manufactured durable goods increased $4.5 billion or 2.2% to $211.8 billion in February, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

New orders for manufactured durable goods increased $4.5 billion or 2.2% to $211.8 billion in February, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia's $11.3 billion fiscal 2013 budget proposal is balanced and its plans to issue nearly $900 million of bonds will not exceed its mandatory 12% debt cap, according to chief financial officer Natwar Gandhi.

WASHINGTON — Sales of new single-family houses were down 1.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 313,000 in February, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

Now is the time for the federal government to invest heavily in infrastructure, including a reauthorization of the Build America Bond program, according to a report issued Friday by the Treasury Department.

Sales of new single-family houses were down 1.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 313,000 in February, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

WASHINGTON — Transportation, water and energy infrastructure projects are most attractive for investment by public-private partnerships in the United States, according to a survey of construction company and engineering firm executives.

WASHINGTON — Seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims fell to 348,000 for the week ending March 17, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week’s revised level of 353,000, originally reported as 351,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON — House Transportation Committee chairman John Mica on Thursday introduced a bill that would extend the current temporary highway and transit bill by three months, in an effort to buy time for more debate on a multi-year reauthorization.

Seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims fell to 348,000 for the week ending March 17, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's revised level of 353,000, originally reported as 351,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON — House Transportation Committee chairman Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., will introduce a three-month extension of temporary law reauthorizing highway and transit programs — the ninth such extension — before the end of the month.

WASHINGTON — Existing home sales decreased 0.9% in February to a seasonally adjusted 4.59 million-unit rate, after an upwardly revised 4.63 million-unit rate in January, originally reported as 4.57 million, the National Association of Realtors announced Wednesday.

Existing home sales decreased 0.9% in February to a seasonally adjusted 4.59 million-unit rate, after an upwardly revised 4.63 million rate in January, originally reported as 4.57 million units, the National Association of Realtors announced Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — Housing starts fell 1.1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 698,000 in February from an upwardly revised 706,000 in January, originally reported as 699,000, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.