Infrastructure

Both presidential candidates should focus more on rebuilding U.S. infrastructure, former officials urge.

Austin, Texas, council unanimously puts a $720 million mobility bond referendum to fund rebuild of city streets to November vote.

Illinois officials are asking road builders for input on a P3 project to add toll lanes to an existing interstate highway.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen has introduced a bill that would create a federal green bank to provide loans and loan guarantees to help regional, state and local green banks finance clean energy and energy efficiency projects.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker vetoed a pilot program to test a vehicle-miles-traveled road fee system.

The Upper Mohawk Valley Regional Water Finance Authority received a green bond assessment of GB1 for $8.78 million of water system revenue bonds on Wednesday from Moody's Investors Service -- the first GBA the rating agency has issued in the U.S.

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.