Infrastructure

The roughly $1 trillion bipartisan plan would rely heavily on municipal financing tools to achieve $1 trillion in investment with any new federal taxes.

Some lawmakers in Washington during infrastructure discussions have proposed repurposing some of the $350 billion of American Rescue Plan Act relief funds allocated to state, local and tribal governments. This would be a mistake.

The group is also urging Congress to enact enhancements for aggie bonds and industrial development bonds.

If the market holds, the state could also receive the lowest recorded true interest cost in its history of general obligation bond sales.

Lawmakers could not enact the bill on the final day of the regular session, when House Republicans threatened a filibuster.

The state sued after the Trump administration canceled federal funding already approved for the project.

An outage that a LUMA Energy spokesperson said could have been triggered by sabotage left 900,000 customers without power on Thursday.

One involves a framework worked out by 10 senators while the other involves a more narrowly-focused $78 billion bill for passenger and freight rail.

The NLC survey found the availability of broadband and digital connectivity improved in about three in 10 urban core and rural communities over the past year.

The five-year Highway Trust Fund reauthorization still requires action by the House Ways and Means Committee to approve revenue measures for financing the bill.