Infrastructure

President-elect Trump has named former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao as his secretary of transportation.

WASHINGTON – Capping the tax exemption for municipal bonds over a nine-year period would have cost state and local governments roughly $175 billion in additional borrowing costs, while a full repeal would have cost them nearly $500 billion more, state and local officials warned Tuesday.

Ranking Democrats on House Transportation Committee seek full road funding boost promised for 2017.

Climate Bonds Initiative CEO Sean Kidney, in a spirited chat from London with northeast regional editor Paul Burton, charts the landscape for the U.S. municipal green bond issuance.

Federal judge continues to block Maryland’s $5.6 billion Purple Line P3 rail project over ridership worries.

Lawmakers skeptical of tax credits and private investments want details of Trump’s infrastructure proposal.

State legislators and highway officials will grapple with transportation funding proposals in 2017.

State highway officials warn that Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure proposal ignores Highway Trust Fund woes.

Trump’s plan is seen by finance professionals as an effort to attract private capital to infrastructure projects.

Self-driving vehicles could be the ticket for replacing the fuel tax as the main road funding mechanism, accord to transportation experts.

DALLAS -- U.S. economic performance next year is expected to be tepid or about the same as 2016, according to respondents of the Fitch Live Market Survey on Thursday.

A $338.5 million federal loan is part of the funding package for a subsea road tunnel project in Virginia.

Transit advocates want Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to drop search for high-tech ways to unclog congestion.

President-elect Donald Trump’s ambitious infrastructure plan and proposed widespread tax cuts will require issuers to adjust to a changing economic climate to maintain credit stability, S&P Global Ratings said Monday.

Local governments should look to own resources to fund large transportation projects, warns Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.

The Bond Buyer this week announced the finalists for its 15th annual Deal of the Year Awards. These issuers were honored for Deal of the Year in eight categories, revealed online Nov. 7-11 in a series of posts at BondBuyer.com. Each category award winner is a finalist for the national Deal of the Year Award, which will be announced at a Dec. 1 ceremony at 583 Park Avenue in New York City and posted later that evening at BondBuyer.com.

Voters approved more than $200 billion of bonds, tax extensions, and new revenues for roads and transit.

President-elect Donald Trump's promise to rebuild the nation's infrastructure is resonating with Republican and Democratic lawmakers, but could spell trouble for municipal bonds.

The stage for is set for historic tax reform that could imperil the tax exemption for municipal bonds.

Republicans’ sweeping victories of the White House and Congress set the stage for historic tax reform and increased spending on infrastructure next year, but imperil the tax exemption for municipal bonds.