Utah

The proposed bond-financed Uinta Basin Railway has been hit with regulatory setbacks in the wake of a 2023 federal court ruling.

As double-digit revenue growth comes to an end, Southwest governors are crafting budgets to deal with the new normal.

The proposed pipeline, which dates back to 2006, would transport Colorado River water from the Lake Powell reservoir to the southwest corner of Utah.

Cities and states in the Southwest are making affordable housing a funding priority through voter-approved general obligation bonds or in their budgets.

The decision by the District of Columbia-based U.S. Appeals Court will officially vacate the Surface Transportation Board's environmental approval for the project.

The project was to have been the first small modular reactor technology in the U.S.

States nationwide saw slower general fund revenue growth in fiscal 2023 after gains the previous two fiscal years fueled by high inflation and federal stimulus.

The Uinta Basin Railway, which aims to transport crude oil, is eying up to $2 billion in private-activity bond authorization.

The rating agency's release ESG credit indicators for states and territories last year was blasted by GOP officials for being politicized, vague, and confusing.

The state-created agency has a plan to finally tap hitherto unused proceeds from a 2021 bond issue.