Virginia

Jail bonds are being targeted for audits by the IRS this year with respect to whether federal government use of locally built facilities or management contracts with localities causes excessive private business use.

Forecasters predict the Washington D.C. area population will grow by more than a million people by 2045.

The $1 billion bi-state agreement includes building a wider bridge over the Potomac and adding tolled express lanes.

Two Virgin Trains USA deals from Florida helped push the region's volume up 9.8% over last year, making it one of only two regions to sell more bonds.

Fitch Ratings on Monday assigned a BBB rating to $264 million of private activity bonds to fund an extension to Virginia’s 95 Express Lanes.

Strong government support fueled a two-notch upgrade for the Washington D.C.’s mass transit system despite drops in ridership.

The rise of online classes and degrees brings with it questions about the future of brick-and-mortar colleges and universities.

GFOA had a previous president from the higher education sector, but Stone is the first from the K through 12 sphere.

For the fiscal year, the state's total revenue collections are ahead 6.2% over the same period last year.

The funding and design-build contracts signed Thursday will advance the state’s largest-ever transportation project.

Virginia and Florida and other states are responding to complaints about using tolls to pay for costly road improvements.

The surge in gas deals couldn’t overcome the region’s sharp decline in refundings, which led to an overall 22.6% volume decline.

Leveraging underutilized public real estate assets through commercial development can be a viable strategy to fund capital improvements.

Site-selection expert John Boyd Jr. breaks down who won and lost in the Amazon "sweepstakes," the role of public incentives and the next wave of corporate relocation. Paul Burton hosts.

Gov. Eric Holcomb's administration had been required to study the idea of more tolls under 2017 state legislation.

Amazon's decision spurred debate about public incentives to corporations, infrastructure and housing, and how it all weighs on municipal credit.

Retail giant Amazon announced separate joint second headquarters in New York City and Arlington, Virginia.

The Virginia Public School Authority will sell the first bonds since the state put up new dedicated websites for investors to access information.

While the impacts to the Carolinas are still being determined, one expert says the lessons learned from catastrophic events like Florence can be mitigated.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's composite index of manufacturing activity rose in September.