Infrastructure

IndyGo's expansion is being financed by a local income tax.

The White House and a bipartisan cadre of lawmakers appear committed to getting infrastructure, including top muni market lobbying goals, achieved.

The underwriter is no longer engaged with the state's plan to build prisons to be owned by private operator CoreCivic Inc.

The state has allocated $1.3 billion over three years to repair and replace 163 buildings, General Treasurer Seth Magaziner reported.

“Our net present value savings were $191.5 million or a record-setting 29%," said North Texas Tollway Authority Chief Financial Officer Horatio Porter.

An increase to $30 billion from $15 billion on the PAB allotment overseen by the Department of Transportation was one suggestion a House panel heard Thursday.

The ratings agency also said it expects cruises will resume at modest levels in the second half of this year.

The North Texas Tollway Authority will sell a mix of taxable first-tier and tax-exempt second-tier bonds in the refunding transaction.

Public finance groups hope that the Biden administration will show the same support for tax-exempt bonds that House Democrats do.

Congestion pricing, a Manhattan Greenway, open-streets programs and a plethora of other uses are all at play as city officials plan a recovery from COVID-19 and a full reopening of the city by July 1.