Infrastructure

A cybersecurity scare at a public power utility in Vermont has some municipal market participants thinking about how an attack could affect the nation's utility bond issuers.

Thirty-nine of 40 large infrastructure projects with significant economic paybacks face funding challenges.

President-elect Trump has a “bold new vision” for infrastructure financing, according to Transportation Secretary-designate Elaine Chao.

State and local groups told members of Congress that tax-exempt bonds are the cornerstone of infrastructure financing, as the lawmakers consider how to increase spending on roads and bridges as well as tax reforms that could entail restrictions on tax exemption.

San Francisco voters will be asked to approve a $350 million bond to repair its fragile seawall, which experts believe needs a multi-billion dollar investment.

A bipartisan trio of lawmakers wants to fund infrastructure with revenues from international tax reform.

A federal judge denied a request by two Florida counties for additional documents about public financing for the All Aboard Florida private passenger train project, moving their lawsuits closer to a ruling on dismissal.

Chicago receives $1.1 billion of federal rail grants in final days of Obama administration.

Extending a temporary sales tax to keep Arkansas roads in good shape preferred by voters in new statewide funding study.

Indiana GOP House leaders offer $1.2 billion per year road funding plan fueled by gas tax hike.

A Texas court will determine if a proposed high-speed rail line can use eminent domain to survey and acquire land.

The U.S. Department of Transportation told a Florida congressman who made inquiries about All Aboard Florida’s financing that it “does not evaluate ridership, revenue, or creditworthiness” for private activity bond allocations.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday in his inaugural speech as Senate Minority Leader that he hopes for more direct spending in President-elect Donald Trump's proposed $1 trillion infrastructure plan.

Wisconsin could net up to $41 billion of new road revenue by 2050 with tolls on its interstate highways.

While most muni market participants agree that 2017 could be the year of comprehensive tax reform, they have mixed views on whether the muni exemption is safe under the tax proposals of President-Elect Donald Trump and House Republicans.

Tolls on interstate highways are seen as the only way to provide the revenue stream in President-elect Donald Trump's infrastructure proposal.

Finding more revenue for transportation infrastructure will be elusive but obtainable in 2017.

Members of Donald Trump's transition team have been reaching out to muni market participants as the President-elect plans an infrastructure task force.

Alabama state lawmakers in 2017 will weigh competing major bond programs to fund transportation and prison construction, as well as two controversial gambling proposals.

Latest estimates show declining ridership on Washington’s Metro won’t harm the $5.6 billion Purple Line P3 rail project.