Infrastructure

Pittsburgh, whose bonds were junk in 2003, has become a national model for urban rejuvenation.

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said career employees within her department calculated only a 5% local funding commitment because the two states are relying on federal loan guarantees.

Diminished Washington aid and a pending downturn require prudence, the city's comptroller said.

“We’re getting our ass kicked," the Gov. Dannel Malloy said, pitching a widening of the state's most congested highway.

Rep. Bill Shuster says a federal gas tax hike is the only way to pay for an infrastructure bill and that Congress could vote on legislation after the November elections.

"We have to find new solutions," said Partnership for New York president Kathryn Wylde.

Issuers across the Southeast sold $68.5 billion of bonds in 2017, a 5.8% year-over-year decrease.

The on-time and on-budget Tappan Zee Bridge replacment helped the authority land a positive rating outlook.

The Florida House Government Accountability Committee is willing to offer Garcon Point Bridge bondholders 50 cents on the dollar.

There is no consensus on the content or how to pay for it in an election year where nothing is expected to get done after the summer and everything will be very politically sensitive.

A fear of the end of private activity bond tax-exemption led some sector issuance to surge in 2017.

The director of the Honolulu transit project offered to forego $3.8 million.

The plan would expand flexibility and broaden the uses of tax-exempt private activity bonds.

A plan that passed the state House would divvy up $175 million among state and local governments.

The New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board is poised to issue $114 million in bonds for sewer and drainage repairs.

The Huntsville city council on Wednesday approved selling municipal bonds to finance $69 million in projects and infrastructure associated with the Toyota-Mazda plants to be built in Limestone County.

The new chief of the MTA's headline unit must juggle his vision for the agency with crisis management.

While there are aspects to the proposal that a municipal professional may admire, it’s not inherently obvious that the shift to a 20/80 split between federal and local funding will produce results.

The administration would cut funds for the Water Infrastructure and Finance Innovation Act program.

The MSRB's annual Fact Book paints a picture of a 2017 muni market that held fairly steady despite tax reform anxiety, with no major declines or drastic shifts in trading activity or trends.