Infrastructure

Though Republicans and Democrats are far apart on the price tag, there is agreement on the need to invest in physical infrastructure and the need to pay for it.

A group of GOP senators is working to put together a more traditional infrastructure bill that would range from $600 to $800 billion dollars.

The transit authority has a $2.9 billion hole in its $54.8 billion five-year plan, according to New York State's comptroller.

S&P Global Ratings lifted its outlook for the North Texas Tollway Authority as it prepares to refund $850 million of debt.

Anticipating a flood of funding from President Biden's infrastructure plan, states are positioning for an expansion of broadband to rural and underserved areas.

A VMT fee was also the consensus way to pay for infrastructure during a Senate EPW Committee hearing on Wednesday.

The P3 taxable deal aims to replace the state’s old, dilapidated and outdated jails with more modern alternatives in a bid to ease prison overcrowding and provide new services to inmates.

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)