Infrastructure

The stalled appropriations battle is alarming counties and cities dependent of federal funding

Loop Capital Markets CEO Jim Reynolds, Jr. said he would gladly pay a bit more for a muni bond that tackled gang violence in Chicago during a debate on ESG factors among market veterans at The Bond Buyer's infrastructure conference this week.

The rating is the first so far released for a controversial debt sale that will begin financing a $5 billion, 15-year toll road expansion project.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is set to unveil a spending blueprint with new revenue proposals next month.

The bond issue, which was delayed due to litigation, would be the first debt sold by the turnpike authority for its $5 billion, 15-year toll road program.

A Wisconsin county has sold more than $200 million of bonds for broadband provider Bug Tussel to provide high-speed internet to rural customers in the state.

Ahead of The Bond Buyer's Infrastructure Conference in Chicago this week, Carlos Braceras, Utah's transportation secretary, talks with Caitlin Devitt about overseeing the largest transportation program in the state's history. He discusses the projects and challenges that go along with creating safe and efficient transportation infrastructure for the fastest-growing state in the union. (33 minutes).

Power of EPA regulation and SRFs are called into question during hearing.

The Des Moines Airport Authority wants to take advantage of Polk County's triple-A ratings to lower borrowing costs for a terminal project.

State Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio said lower-than-predicted fuel use in fiscal 2023 meant a 0.9-cent lift to the Petroleum Products Gross Receipt tax rate.