Infrastructure

The funding would come on top on multi-billion measures proposed by lawmakers — and a $100 billion in spending included in President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan.

Recent one-time funds from the American Rescue Plan Act and higher-than-projected revenues for many states are in many cases being put into infrastructure.

The municipal bond industry faces many obstacles and opportunities from the pandemic. But 83% of surveyed participants think munis have made it through the worst.

Municipal bond industry leaders weighed in on their expectations for 2021 during a panel discussion at The Bond Buyer's National Outlook Conference.

Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, combined with the shortened week and the arrival of the second quarter, took attention away from the muni market.

Municipal bond provisions were not mentioned, but stakeholders expect those details to be hashed out in what is likely to be a protracted battle in Congress.

MTA and regional transportation advocates welcome the news that the Federal Highway Administration is advancing the project.

Gov. Ralph Northam and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced the agreements with Amtrak, CSX and Virginia Railway Express.

Transportation fare and tax revenues lost to the coronavirus can be countered with federal relief funding, says the Illinois Economic Policy Institute.

Officials cited borrowing flexibility before a joint meeting of the transit authority's oversight board and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.