Infrastructure

Muni advocates say they want a lawmaker with local government experience to take over as influential chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

California will seeks its share of infrastructure bill funding to provide equitable access to high-speed internet.

States, on the front lines of implementing the new $1.1 trillion infrastructure program, want clear, flexible federal rules and the ability to tap private investment.

The refinancing will add $80.5 million to the original 2017 federal loan for the project, bringing the total to $606.7 million.

The Chicago-area transit service boards expect a boost from strong sales tax revenue and discretionary grant funding from the federal infrastructure package.

Michigan expects to receive at least $10 billion from the federal infrastructure package that will give a boost to the state's Michigan Clean Water and Rebuilding Michigan programs.

Municipal financial professionals have to work with elected leaders to develop better policies to issue more tax-exempt debt in a fiscally prudent manner otherwise the infrastructure investment gap will likely continue to grow.

The new tax-exempt private activity bond categories for broadband and carbon capture projects are designed to avoid straining state volume cap.

Putting aside dynamics such as federal pandemic aid and congestion pricing, the transit authority's latest financial plan had a rinse-and-repeat feel.

The U.S. DOT wants to make applying for grants in the $1.1 trillion infrastructure bill as easy as possible. More than 40 new programs will be created under the new law.