Infrastructure

The pandemic has caused some special circumstances for state and local governments in juggling their finances. Jeffrey Previdi, the vice-chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board who spent more than 20 years of his career at S&P Global Ratings, talks about what his regulatory organization has done to assist them. Previdi also talked about how GASB influences how state and local governments spend taxpayer money on such things as schools, firehouses, water treatment plants, and other infrastructure. Brian Tumulty hosts. (25 minutes)

They assumed their jobs over the past year in the face of a pandemic, civil unrest and financial uncertainties, and in an industry often set in its ways.

U.S. Deputy Transportation Secretary nominee and former New York City official Polly Trottenberg called it 'a project of national significance.'

A conversation with Rodney Slater and Bill Shuster

Reinstating certain municipal bond provisions would make way for more infrastructure investment.

Lt. Gov. Dan McKee succeeds her on a day state voters approved seven bond measures totaling $400 million.

Flexibility in federal funding programs that would allow cities to target what they consider their highest priorities is key.

The state’s transportation investment is estimated at $50 billion over the next decade and the commission’s recommendation is to increase total investment by at least $20 billion more in the next 10 years.

Bills to expand the use of tax-advantaged bonds that are being reintroduced in the new Congress have favorable odds for being signed into law this year.

BATA brings a refunding deal to market next week, buoyed by a financial position that stood up to the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic.