Infrastructure

Experts tell lawmakers inadequate infrastructure funding is holding back rural America’s economy.

The Scotland County Board of Commissioners will discuss how to pay for several projects over the next few weeks including expanding two elementary schools, repaving DSS parking lot and renovating the former Morgan center.

Norwalk went forward with a $35 million bond sale Tuesday to pay for school construction and other capital improvements projects.

A Travis County citizens bond advisory committee on Tuesday recommended a $144 million bond package for the November ballot and $90 million in projects to be funded by bonds that don't require voter approval.

The Pullman City Council, Idaho, approved putting two bond issues on general election ballots this November, including one to relocate City Hall from its current location on Paradise Street.

The Oklahoma City Council voted Tuesday in favor of public financing for a new downtown hotel, under the Omni luxury brand, to be built adjacent to the MAPS 3 convention center.

The debt would help finance a project to divert Red River floods away from Fargo, N.D. and Morehead, Minn.

House appropriators adopt 2018 spending plan that defunds TIGER and trims HUD grants.

A decreased reliance on bonds to finance capital investments has created a need for more municipal market research tools, experts said.

Maryland was close last year to getting a $900 million grant when a judge halted the Purple Line.