Infrastructure

Despite the approval, hurdles remain, including the team's request for more money from the government, which they say delayed approval of the bonds, leading to additional construction costs.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's finance committee approved $9 billion of bonds, some backed by new revenue sources.

Justices appeared open to narrowing the scope of federal environmental impact reviews during oral arguments on a bond-financed Utah railway to move crude oil.

The county commission, which sued Oklahoma City in June over its denial of permit for the jail site, is pursuing a possible settlement.

The action was taken ahead of a bond sale for a controversial 15-year expansion program that is currently estimated to cost $8.2 billion up from $5 billion.

Operator ports, which rely on shipping volume for revenue, are more exposed to trade policy shifts than landlord ports, analysts said.

Calling it a "tragedy" for residents, without a negotiated setllement resolution could be years away, mediators said.

The legislation sends unobligated dollars from the TIFIA program to the popular Surface Transportation Block Grant.

Connecticut is poised to ramp up transportation borrowing, after years of consistently issuing less debt than it had the capacity and authority to sell.

Pinellas County still needs to approve more than $300 million in bonds of its own for the stadium and redevelopment.