Infrastructure

The Senate highway bill proposes a national pilot program for a motor vehicle per-mile user fee.

Alex Elegudin revealed confidential information to a paratransit vendor during a competitive bidding process, according to Carolyn Pokorny's office.

Reinstatement of tax-exempt advance refunding bonds appears to have the broadest support because of its nearly universal impact on state and local issuers as well as nonprofits.

Bondholders tend to insist projects be well maintained, a potential advantage.

With the heavily traveled Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River closed for repairs, Arkansas and Tennessee are seeking federal aid to cover the cost.

The bulk of $743 billion in improvements needed to alleviate climate risk and aging infrastructure would be borne by the utilities, a rating agency says.

Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the committee chairman, also called for reviving direct-pay Build America Bonds.

Colorado lawmakers are working on a $5 billion funding proposal for transportation; this week's $500 million debt issue targets immediate needs.

A favorable response would enable pre-construction work for the long-awaited $11.6 billion upgrade of New Jersey-New York train tunnels.

President Biden met Wednesday with top Republican and Democratic congressional leaders to discuss a bipartisan way forward on this issue.