Infrastructure

Instead of trying to spend more within traditional programs, the federal government should design more modern policy, Brookings experts said.

Municipal bonds, issued by state and local governments, finance infrastructure investment and should be the foundation of any modernization package.

Roddy Devlin, a partner at Nixon Peabody, explores President Biden's $2.3 trillion bill, which he says "dwarfs anything we've seen for decades." Paul Burton hosts. (23 minutes)

While state budget language restricts the governor's use of $1.3 billion of bonding, he has other options as transit advocacy groups push back.

Texas A&M University System purchased the privatized housing at three campuses through a taxable revenue bond deal.

Wiggins takes the helm as the system strives to recover from the pandemic and build out its rail network ahead of the 2028 Olympics.

If an infrastructure bill does go through a partisan route, municipal bonds’ future could be very fluid.

These so-called American Renewal Bonds would help finance a national infrastructure initiative until the economy sufficiently recovers from the pandemic.

Lawmakers added more money and projects to Idaho's Garvee program in 2017 partly to counter congestion from the state's massive population growth.

The EPA would be responsible for administering the new grant program, should it become reality.