Infrastructure

The National Association of State Treasurers wants Congress to know its top priority is preserving the muni tax exemption.

With extreme weather more frequent, investors and rating agencies are scrutinizing the effects of resiliency measures on municipal budgets and reserve levels.

The compromise does not include a full federal takeover of the New York City Housing Authority, which the federal agency had threatened.

Ronnie Lowenstein, director of the Independent Budget Office, weighs the city's fiscal picture against the backdrop of economic and Washington uncertainty. Chip Barnett and Paul Burton host.

The electronic survey at the Bond Buyer's National Outlook Conference also found little expectation that the federal government will make a difference on infrastructure.

The initial public offering will raise up to $540 million to expand Florida's passenger train system and acquire the Las Vegas XpressWest project.

Fresh off claiming the top municipal bond volume ranking in 2018, the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York is targeting another milestone year that expands its infrastructure reach.

Westminster's Mayor and Common Council approved an ordinance on Monday, Jan. 28, allowing the city to take out almost $30 million in state loans for its approximately $70 million wastewater treatment facility overhaul.

Many mayors were not sympathetic about the federal budget showdown, contrasting it to their own mandate to balance budgets and deliver services.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's initiative aims to improve practices at the Department of Design and Construction, the city's leading construction management agency.

As the board delayed a vote on fare and toll increases, transit funding, performance metrics and the L-train tunnel project chaos permeated discussion.

Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky wants to end automatic across-the-board budget cuts that include a reduction in the subsidy for direct-pay Build America Bonds.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's $42.7 billion FY20 budget proposal includes a call to raise the real estate transfer tax to fund climate-related infrastructure.

York County, fresh off the Moody's upgrade, competitively prices the first of two general obligation bond issues Thursday.

Nearly a year after retiring from public finance, Hamel will share commentary on infrastructure and public policy on MMA's independent platform

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy wants the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to prioritize a $2.1 billion replacement for the monorail at Newark's airport.

The Water Infrastructure Improvement Act signed into law earlier this month gave relief to mayors battling to shore up aging infrastructure.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo brokered a memorandum of understanding that ended a stalemate between Amtrak and the MTA to clear the way for new Metro-North service.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy vetoed a toll increase that would have supported bond-financed capital improvements.

Rachael Eubanks will draw on more than a decade of public finance experience to solve some of the state's infrastructure problems.