Infrastructure

Texas lawmakers have filed almost two dozen bills in an effort to derail a privately funded high-speed rail line.

As we await details of the new administration’s infrastructure plans, we must continue to demonstrate the strengths of the tax-exempt municipal market that we have today.

Reason Foundation says $12 billion privately financed Texas bullet train proposal would require public funding.

Indiana may put tolls on its interstates to fund road work under a state House-approved bill.

A trade war or trade slowdown with China could impact some credits, with West Coast container ports particularly vulnerable.

Elected officials must persuade motorists of the value of interstate highway tolling, according to new Fitch report.

Bipartisan caucus of lawmakers wants to meet with President Trump on developing consensus tax reform, infrastructure legislation.

Keeping the full tax-exemption for municipal bonds will be vital to America’s plans for rebuilding its infrastructure, Scott Pattison, executive director and CEO of the National Governors Association, said on Tuesday.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice wants a higher gasoline tax to support up to $2.8 billion of road bonds.

Two corporate executives and lobbyists told treasurers meeting here on Monday that they are hearing positive things about municipal bonds from legislative staffers, but a senior tax staffer from the Senate Finance Committee said tax reform may slip into 2018.

Texas Central Rail has dropped eminent domain lawsuits due to “positive dialogue” with many landowners.

Expanding the use of private activity bonds to more projects could be essential part of President Trump’s infrastructure program.

Companion bills introduced in the House and Senate would allow state and local governments to issue up to $5 billion of private activity bonds to finance the repair or construction of public buildings under public-private partnership arrangements.

Tax-exempt municipal bonds are critical to any infrastructure plan, a county official representing the National Association of Counties said at a hearing held by a Senate committee on Wednesday.

President Trump, in promising massive transportation investments, did not mention what the fiscal impact would be on interest rates. Nor did he discuss the critical role of local and state governments in financing the nation’s public infrastructure.

California Republicans have asked the Trump administration to block federal aid to the state's high speed rail project.

Projects in South Carolina’s $5 billion infrastructure request includes interstate highway upgrades and harbor dredging.

DALLAS – President Trump’s infrastructure proposal’s reliance on public-private partnerships to rebuild America’s crumbling highways would provide limited benefits to urban areas while leaving rural states out of the mix, according to a coalition of truckers and shippers opposed to tolls on interstate highways.

Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., introduces bill to obtain revenues for the Highway Trust Fund and New Democrat Coalition forms infrastructure task force.

Tennessee House GOP leaders are at odds with Republican Gov. Bill Haslam over road funding proposals.