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Big bond commitments will be a major piece of the funding puzzle when it comes to constructing a national high-speed rail system, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood affirmed Wednesday.
July 11 -
A bipartisan group of senators will introduce an amendment to the small-business tax credit bill this week that would require online retailers to collect sales taxes from out-of-state customers.
July 11 -
In the aftermath of financial guarantees by Scranton, Penn. and Stockton, Calif. recently contributing to the cities' defaults, the Government Accounting Standards Board is seeking to improve the visibility of these guarantees.
July 10 -
The IRS is auditing $245.7 million of hospital revenue bonds issued by The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama in Birmingham in September 2006.
July 10 -
The Senate Banking Committee is looking into the allegations that banks manipulated Libor, the London Interbank Offered Rate that is used by financial institutions to set interest rates for financial products, including interest rate swaps entered into by municipal bond issuers.
July 10 -
California's general obligation bond sales are set to swell to $6 billion this fiscal year due in part to the sale of high-speed rail bonds.
July 9 -
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In a vote California officials said was key to the future of its ambitious high-speed passenger train project, the state Senate voted Friday to move forward with the line.
July 6 -
A U.S. appeals court will take up a lawsuit as early as October that attacks the financial backing of billions of bonds paying for the Washington Metrorail's Silver Line Extension to Dulles Airport.
July 6 -
Northeast public officials are glancing westward for any precedent that could emerge from that northern California city's bankruptcy filing.
July 6
