Infrastructure

Qualified 501(c)(3) bonds are a financing tool that can be used to grow nonprofits' clean-energy infrastructure and reduce their energy expenditures, the Clean Energy and Bond Finance Initiative said in a recently released paper.

P3s are useful financial tools, not magical risk-free solutions, for increased state funding of transportation projects, NASBO says.

The decade-long process leading to the construction of the new $1.26 billion Gerald Desmond Bridge to serve the Port of Long Beach, Calif. is gathering steam.

Mayor Eric Garcetti has nominated Gene Seroka, an executive with APL shipping line, as executive director of the Port of Los Angeles.

More oversight is needed of how the Transportation Department awards TIGER transportation grants, Government Accountability Office says in a new report.

Efforts are under way in Congress to amend a new federal loan program for water infrastructure that excludes tax-exempt bonds from the project funding package.

Not long after Citi analysts said they see value in the toll-road sector, the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority plans to price $340 million of toll-revenue bonds in early June.

Pima County, Ariz., Regional Transportation Authority will issue its second $150 million issue with an upgrade from Standard & Poor's.

Facing financial straits the Regional Transportation District is considering using bus rapid transit instead of a costly rail line to Denver's northwestern suburbs.

Chicago hits the market Thursday with $784 million of new-money and refunding Midway Airport bonds that will nearly wrap up a restructuring aimed at strengthening its debt portfolio.