Colorado

A positive outlook from Fitch Ratings on E-470 Public Highway Authority signals a possible upgrade on the tollway's BBB-minus credit.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has vetoed a bill that imposed limits on public-private partnerships for transportation projects in the state.

Colorado's Regional Transportation District has already broken ground on its new North Rail Line that will be financed with $431 million of debt going to market Thursday.

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded to A2 from Aa3 the underlying rating for Pueblo County School District 70 in southern Colorado and retained a negative outlook.

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

The credit rating of Colorado Springs Utilities is expected to withstand the impact of a fire that shut down the Martin Drake coal-fired power plant, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Cost overruns at the overdue South Terminal at Denver International Airport pose "significant budget risk," according to Denver Auditor Dennis Gallagher.

Colorado spending will increase by about $2 billion under a $23 billion budget signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper on April 30.

A $1.8 billion plan to eliminate an Interstate 70 viaduct built in the 1960s wins Denver City Council support.

Tax revenues from recreational marijuana in Colorado are exceeding pre-legalization expectations and will continue to grow, according to a Moody’s Investors Service report.

A Denver District Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block $300 million of tax incentives for a Gaylord resort hotel.

With its grand opening a month away, Denver's Union Station redevelopment has attracted nearly $1 billion in private investment, according to the Regional Transportation District.

Seven years after voters approved bonds to improve the Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver is ready to get the show on the road.

Fitch Ratings has downgraded the Regional Transportation District of Colorado's debt, maintaining a negative outlook on RTD’s certificates of participation.

Electric sales have fallen in recent years, forcing utilities to deal with new realities.

Colorado approves a $490 million public-private partnership to redevelop U.S. 36, but a Boulder group renews its threat of a lawsuit.

A second lawsuit seeks to block tax incentives for a controversial $824 million Gaylord Rockies resort hotel.

Of the seven states taking water from the Colorado River, Arizona would face the greatest hardship in the event of a shortage allocation, according to a report from Moody's Investor’s Service.

With refunding opportunities fading, municipal bond volume in the Southwest region fell 13% from 2012 to $56 billion in 2013.

A Boulder environmental group has vowed to sue the Colorado Department of Transportation to stop a $490 million public-private project on the main highway to Denver.