Infrastructure

The challenges local governments face with capital planning in 2018 are explored by Brien Desilets, who leads Grant Thornton’s infrastructure advisory practice and previously advised local governments on public-private partnerships at Public Financial Management. Hosted by Andrew Coen.

Two bond issues return to Pullman ballots in a special election scheduled Feb. 13.

High Point, N.C., will go to the bond market next week to borrow the money for construction of its downtown stadium.

Gov. Dannel Malloy urged lawmakers to replenish the Special Transportation Fund.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers have issued a report calling for the state volume caps to be removed for private activity bonds used to help finance infrastructure projects.

With a financing structure cemented, the first bonds for a Kansas City, Mo., convention center hotel were sold.

Eric Holcomb wants both short- and long-term strategies.

City leaders have finally decided how to fund a much-needed new police headquarters.

While the latest principles for President Trump's infrastructure plan may not be released until February, several Democrats have introduced bills for competitive grant programs for infrastructure projects.

The full Senate could vote next week on a financing package to replace 75-year-old McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket.

The Vermont Municipal Bond Bank and Vermont Educational and Health Buildings Financing Agency named public finance veteran Michael Gaughan to lead both entities.

Mayor Martin Walsh cited the need for more elaborate resilience measures after freezing floodwaters engulfed neighborhoods.

While dodging the actual phrase, Gov. Andrew Cuomo suggested now is the time to seriously consider a tolling plan to fund subway and street repair in New York City.

Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood an 116 groups call for a bipartisan, multi-level governmental approach to infrastructure that includes municipal bonds.

The sectors creating the most jobs have relatively low wages and the city’s poverty rate remains high, said the Citizens Budget Commission.

State lawmakers reconvene on Jan. 17.

The signal that Trump is re-thinking Federal assistance to the DOT Gateway Tunnel project in New York and New Jersey may have grave implications for local leaders planning federally-assisted infrastructure efforts.

If Chattanooga Lookouts team owners decide to seek public tax support for a new baseball stadium in the city's South Broad Street district, they could find their path narrowed considerably under proposed legislation introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly by two local lawmakers.

As Pullman toasts to a new year, city officials still have one major item to cross off their to-do list: securing passage of a pair of major bonds totaling more than $12 million.

The latest estimate for Linn County's future Public Health and Child and Youth Development Services building has increased by more than 50 percent — from $20 million earlier this year to $31.5 million.