Infrastructure

New York City Transit veteran Frank Jezycki will become vice president and chief officer for the Staten Island Railway, MTA officials announced.

Texas offered $15.3 million and other favorable conditions to land the $85 million SpaceX launch site, officials said.

Short-term patch of the Highway Trust Fund is credit positive for $12 billion of state highway Garvee bonds, Moody's says. But neither it nor other major rating agencies are planning to change Garvee ratings or outlooks.

Massachusetts lawmakers let stand Gov. Deval Patrick's veto of a measure that would have repealed subjecting the MBTA Retirement Fund to an open-records law.

A slew of bond-related bills was introduced in the House and Senate in the last few days before members of Congress left town to begin their five-week recess.

A water main break that resulted in the release of an estimated 20 million gallons of water, flooding Westside Los Angeles neighborhoods and the University of California-Los Angeles campus, is reflective of problems cities across the country face as they grapple with aging infrastructures.

Fitch revised the rating outlook to stable from negative on $307.4 million in bonds issued for Southwest Florida International Airport because traffic levels improving.

The California 3rd District Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that the state may resume selling $10 billion in bonds for its $68 billion high speed rail project.

The Senate keeps transportation dollars flowing with for at least 10 months with last-minute approval of the House's $11 billion highway fund bailout.

The House rejected the Senate's amendments to its $10.8 billion, 10-month bailout of the Highway Trust Fund on Thursday afternoon and sent its original bill back to the Senate.