Kentucky

An increase in the volume of tax-exempt bond deals for long-term, fixed-priced natural gas contracts may signal a turnaround in the prepaid energy market.

The upgrades follow Fitch's upgrade of Morgan Stanley, the guarantor to the gas supplier in all of the transactions.

The $74 million of federal funds will support the efforts of a state agency that has long grappled with the decaying infrastructure of the coal business.

Seven states formed the Midwestern Hydrogen Coalition to collaborate on promoting hydrogen-based energy production, use and distribution.

The Kentucky State Property and Buildings Commission deal will fund capital improvements and public projects across the state.

Coming back from COVID, states in the Southeast are seeing their revenue streams perk up as economic activity resumes across the region.

The laws raise borrowing costs for issuers and limit the distribution networks, according to a study.

A pipeline of projects is building as infrastructure dollars begin to flow to states.

While the report offers many positives for states, headwinds loom, according to investment management firm Conning.

The Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority wants to sell up to $443.8 million in tax-exempt refunding bonds when market conditions improve.

For a third spending cycle in a row, there was tension over funding for the Kentucky Wired public private partnership deal.

“I want to break ground next year,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said.

S&P Global Ratings has revised the outlook to positive from stable on the Bluegrass State and affirmed the A issuer credit rating.

The competitive tax-exempt Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District deal is climate bond certified by Kestrel Verifiers.

The $1.27 billion Ohio River Crossing toll bridge between Kentucky and Evansville, Indiana, will bring new jobs and boost the region's economy, officials say.

Making the Federal Reserve's Municipal Liquidity Facility a permanent emergency lending program would be “valuable and forward thinking," Connecticut Treasurer Shawn Wooden told a House subcommittee.

The Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority and the Kentucky Turnpike Authority plan refunding revenue bond sales this month.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear talks with Chip Barnett about economic progress the Commonwealth has made this year and how the state-local government partnership strengthened during the pandemic. He describes the heartbreaking human cost of the virus, the deadly toll it took on residents and why the Delta variant is a continuing cause of concern. (14 minutes)

“Kentucky’s economy is on fire,” says Gov. Andy Beshear, after the state passed the $2.2 billion mark of total planned private-sector investment this year. But COVID's Delta lurks.

General fund receipts increased to record surplus as road fund receipts gained 10.1% in the Bluegrass State.