Infrastructure

The vote culminated a five-year effort designed to fund public improvements, notably to transit infrastructure.

Public charter schools would be eligible for federal funding in bills introduced in the Senate last week.

Penobscot County, Maine, voters will not be asked until 2018 to fund renovations at Bangor's former YMCA building to ease jail overcrowding, according to County Commissioner Peter Baldacci.

Changes to FAA reauthorization bill could add billions of dollars to final cost, House Dems say.

Grand Haven city officials have signed a bond sale agreement that is expected to save city residents money on interest payments related to the repayment of the 2008 voter-approved infrastructure bond.

The Ohio Secretary of State's Office has approved the ballot language for the Meigs County Sheriff's Office and Correctional Facility levy, with the intent to issue bonds, for placement on the November general election ballot.

The Norwich City Council voted unanimously Monday to send an ordinance appropriating $5 million in bond money for infrastructure improvements to referendum.

Houston's $495 million bond package will fund library repairs, park upgrades and new police and fire vehicles.

The City Council voted unanimously to allow city officials to bond out as much as $3 million more to pay for cost overruns of what is now Portsmouth's $26.2 million second municipal parking garage.

The subway crisis could change the political landscape, New York's mayor says.

The New York mayor and his supporters must shepherd the bill through Albany.

Port Houston has lost one of its three triple-A ratings due to legal and technical issues, but business prospects remain strong, port officials say.

Final Fastlane grants total $78.8 million as new INFRA program expands to $1.5 billion next year.

Road-related revenues are not keeping pace with the demand for highway and transit improvements.

Revenue volatility and bond-rating agency opinions can complicate states' rainy-day planning.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority shook up their leadership as they battle to reverse deterioration in the region's transit systems.

Hawaii Gov. Ige appoints Masuda to first deputy at Department of Land and Natural Resources

The state's lawmakers ended their squabble over the car-tax phaseout

Kansas City council considering bonds, private financing for $1 billion airport terminal project.

A federal judge appointed an attorney to facilitate an agreement between Flint and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.