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It's one of the most controversial uses of tax-exempt debt, but repeated legislative efforts to eliminate it have failed.

The saga dating back to last year appears to be concluded with a settlement.

The American Public Transportation Association is looking for $42.5 billion in rail funding.

Recognizing the formidable construction challenges, the White House has created a Nuclear Power Project Management and Delivery working group "to help identify opportunities to proactively mitigate sources of cost and schedule overrun risk."

The proposal to tax interest on out-of-district municipal bonds is a revenue-raising measure, though its path forward is far from certain.

In its first report since 2017 on municipal issuer disclosure, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board found that the average audit time has risen slightly since 2018 to 209 days, its highest on record.

Fifteen years after a $9.9 billion bond issue that was to finance a substantial portion of a new high-speed rail line across California, the proposal "has become one of the most troubled megaprojects in the nation," said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo.

The improvements are intended to build on 1999 guidance and governments will be required to comply after June 15, 2025.

The Senate WRDA measure asks the Army Corps to report on best practices and lessons learned with its 10-year-old pilot P3 program.

Over $15 million in utility revenue bonds have been called into question.

As EVs and fuel-efficient cars become more common, states and Congress are eying alternative revenues like road user charges.

The board has knocked out nine pieces of interpretive guidance from its inter-dealer confirmation Rule G-12(c) following comments from SIFMA.

Rating agencies approve of AI-managed infrastructure and trading desks are automating.

A strong project pipeline has P3 advocates hopeful for the future, despite some lackluster recent numbers.

The latest round of criticism sounds the alarm bells for closer examination and further exemptions for certain trades and certain broker dealers.

The measure "sets the table for a likely big tax bill next Congress," said Charles Samuels of Mintz Levin.

"This bipartisan FAA reauthorization bill is the product of endless hours of negotiation and debate and will transform several aspects of flying in the years to come," said Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn.

"It's getting frantic out there," when it comes to competitive grants and drumming up local matches, said William Murdock, executive director of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, speaking at a local government event during Infrastructure Week in Washington, D.C.

High speed passenger rail line leveraging $3 billion in DOT grants

The ASCE in a report analyzing future infrastructure needs says it will take a mix of public and private funds to narrow the funding gap.