Infrastructure

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, N.H., revenue bonds to Baa1 from A3

The years Honolulu officials invested in its $5.2 billion elevated rail project are paying off, while Los Angeles officials are fighting for a funding arrangement they say is needed for their rail plans to reach fruition.

A sales tax hike in Missouri to bolster transportation funding is headed to the November ballot.

Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee gave its unanimous approval to six-year bill authorizing $242 billion of federal highway funding.

President Obama pressed Congress to quickly increase spending on transportation infrastructure in a speech Wednesday at a bridge project work site.

Identical bills recently introduced in the House and the Senate would create a federal "Green Bank" that would be capitalized by bonds issued by the Treasury Department and would provide loans and other types of financing support for clean-energy and energy-efficiency projects.

The draft transportation bill released by a key Senate committee falls far short of funding needs by proposing only $242.4 billion for road projects over six years, administration officials and highway industry experts are warning.

The Plano City Council has approved the largest incentive package in the city's history for the North American headquarters of Toyota Motor Co.

Virgin America will move Dallas flights to Love Field from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.

Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie announced May 9 the appointment of Ford Fuchigami as interim director of the state Department of Transportation.