Virginia

The elimination of private activity bonds would remove a financing tool that supports many public private partnerships.

The referendum asks voters in Mecklenburg County, N.C.’s to approve bonds for schools.

Regional bond issuance slipped by 31% in the first half and volume was down sharply in Florida.

Toll lane partner Transurban will contribute $15 million per year to local transportation projects.

Buena Vista was denied access to state borrowing programs because the city failed to pay its golf course debt.

Per-mile road charge for autonomous vehicles seen as easier to implement than a higher gasoline tax.

Newport News' Industrial Development Authority on Friday approved issuing $50 million of revenue bonds on behalf of Riverside Healthcare Association so that the hospital group can fund $130 million of renovations and new projects at its facilities in Newport News and Gloucester and Essex counties.

Revenue panel recommends higher taxes in Virginia to fund transit maintenance and expansion.

VIRGINIA BEACH -- Two hundred girls basketball teams from around the country played on 10 indoor courts inside the Convention Center last weekend. If city leaders have their way, those teams could instead compete in a nearby field house within two years.

Virginia’s budget imbalance stemming from soft revenue growth and spending down its savings led S&P Global Ratings to revise the outlook to negative on the state’s AAA general obligation rating.

S&P Global Ratings said it has revised its outlook on Virginia's general obligation, appropriation-backed, and moral obligation debt to negative from stable.

A $4 billion project to add lanes to a subsea highway tunnel in Virginia may be financed as a P3.

Bond insurer ACA Financial Guaranty Corp. has gone to federal court seeking the keys to Buena Vista, Virginia’s city hall and compensatory damages after the city defaulted on ACA-wrapped debt that financed a golf course.

Issuers across the Southeast brought $71.7 billion of municipal bonds to market in 2016, a 3.3% year-over-year increase that was generated largely by refundings.

Arlington Memorial Bridge was closed to vehicles during inaugural weekend to prevent further damage to the historic span.

Incoming Trump administration officials ask Virginia for a list of infrastructure projects with their own revenue source.

Petersburg, Va., was removed from CreditWatch by S&P Global Ratings, which maintained its BB junk ratings and negative outlook despite the cash-strapped city's hiring of a turnaround firm.

Private investors sign contract to finance, build, and operate tolled express lanes on a Virginia highway.

A $338.5 million federal loan is part of the funding package for a subsea road tunnel project in Virginia.

In Tuesday’s election, North Carolina and West Virginia got new governors while the region also saw the passage of bond-related measures, including big-ticket transportation initiatives.