Infrastructure

A rural Texas county along the route of a proposed high-speed rail link between Dallas and Houston voted in restrictions that could throttle the $10 billion private project.

Most registered voters believe governments should reverse infrastructure decline by boosting spending.

Virginia transportation officials plan to select a private partner by fall for the $2 billion I-66 toll lane project.

WASHINGTON – Two lawyers specializing in Indian tribal financing agree that tribal governments need to be put on a par with state and local governments for tax-exempt bonds, but they differ on whether Congress will pass legislation that would establish that parity.

A last-minute compromise ensures that a $4.7 billion transit plan for Detroit will be on November ballot.

Issuance of private activity bonds subject to state volume caps rose for the second consecutive year, according to an annual survey conducted by the Council of Development Finance Agencies.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft feasibility report on a project to make the Port of Seattle one of North America's deepest harbors.

Maryland’s $5.6 billion Purple Line P3 in jeopardy after federal judge halts the project over ridership worries.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump proposes more than $500 billion of new federal infrastructure investments.

States only have until Aug. 20 to designate highway corridors where electric vehicle charging stations can be built under a new administration program that will provide $4.5 billion of loan guarantees to public-private partnerships and other collaborative efforts to develop and deploy a network of such stations.

Intercity passenger, freight, and bullet train projects are eligible for a little-used program of federal low-interest loans and guarantees.

Road, transit, and rail projects in 32 states share $500 million in latest round of competitive TIGER grants.

A Pennsylvania school district said it expects to receive a proposed adverse determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service stating general obligation bonds it issued in 2005 and advance refunded in 2013 are taxable.

A Republican lawmaker has introduced legislation in the House that would prohibit states from taxing customers making Internet and catalog purchases outside of their borders, marking the latest chapter in the ongoing debate over online sales tax.

Wisconsin lawmakers warn that a looming $940 million road revenue gap may require a higher gasoline tax.

Transit providers in 13 states will share $55 million in federal smog-busting bus grants.

Abstract Municipal issuer, education and utility groups are urging Republican lawmakers to maintain the tax-exemption of municipal bonds in their blueprint for tax reform.

PHILADELPHIA — After the presidential election, the United States may see a "golden moment" to push for increased federal and state spending to fix America's crumbling infrastructure, according to Democratic mayors speaking a policy meeting at Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Americans favor funding transportation with an increase in the federal gasoline tax dedicated to maintenance.

Four Ohio Congressmen are concerned that the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department's proposed definition of a political subdivision could impede a $35 million terminal improvement project for one of the state's regional airports.