Infrastructure

The Trump administration's seeming enthusiasm for investment in public infrastructure has breathed new life into discussions of the topic, Bracewell practitioners Charles Almond and George Felcyn write in a commentary.

A cybersecurity scare at a public power utility in Vermont has some municipal market participants thinking about how an attack could affect the nation's utility bond issuers.

Thirty-nine of 40 large infrastructure projects with significant economic paybacks face funding challenges.

President-elect Trump has a “bold new vision” for infrastructure financing, according to Transportation Secretary-designate Elaine Chao.

As the 2017 Colorado General Assembly gets underway, one measure lawmakers are expected to consider is a sales tax increase for a $3.5 billion transportation and infrastructure bond program.

State and local groups told members of Congress that tax-exempt bonds are the cornerstone of infrastructure financing, as the lawmakers consider how to increase spending on roads and bridges as well as tax reforms that could entail restrictions on tax exemption.

San Francisco voters will be asked to approve a $350 million bond to repair its fragile seawall, which experts believe needs a multi-billion dollar investment.

A bipartisan trio of lawmakers wants to fund infrastructure with revenues from international tax reform.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has agreed to admit wrongdoing and pay a $400,000 penalty to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it failed to disclose risks associated with New Jersey road projects to the investors that bought the bonds to finance them.

A federal judge denied a request by two Florida counties for additional documents about public financing for the All Aboard Florida private passenger train project, moving their lawsuits closer to a ruling on dismissal.