Infrastructure

U.S. transit operators say reliable, dedicated funding is needed to resolve growing maintenance problems.

California is beginning to address some key infrastructure gaps, Wells Fargo analysts said in a report.

House appropriations panel adopts a fiscal 2017 transportation budget that incorporates FAST Act funding.

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s operation of its federally mandated Access-A-Ride program has been marked by waste, mismanagement and widespread service failures, according to an audit released on Tuesday by Comptroller Scott M. Stringer.

Both 10-year transportation funding plans proposed by Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton include $2 billion of road bonds.

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton will propose a compromise transportation funding bill to resolve a legislative deadlock.

Washington State Treasurer and National Association of State Treasurers president Jim McIntire this week called on the federal government to play a more active role in securing infrastructure funding for local governments and called on lawmakers to protect the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds to fund such projects.

The next president and new Congress have an opportunity to reverse the ongoing decline in the nation's aging infrastructure.

Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Ill., warned House subcommittee leaders considering tax reform proposals on Thursday that a cap or elimination of tax exemption for municipal bonds could raise the cost of infrastructure projects in their own districts.

A Colorado lawmaker’s proposal for a $3.5 billion state road bond referendum fails in the final hours of 2016 session.

The Indianapolis Airport Authority said this week that it has agreed to settle a dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over rebate liability in connection with $347 million of tax-exempt bonds, even though it disagrees with the IRS' position on the bonds.

A California authority and a high school district said this week that they are prepared to file a protest and appeal of an expected Internal Revenue Service proposed adverse determination that $25.4 million of tax-exempt variable rate demand bonds are taxable.

The Port of Oakland said today that containerized export volume increased 7% last month from a year ago, the fourth consecutive month of increases.

Colorado Senate has approved a $3.5 billion road note package that could go to voters in November.

Infrastructure financing and tax reform will be major issues for presidential and other candidates in November, said municipal market participants.

Developers of a proposed $12 billion Houston-Dallas bullet train want federal regulators to affirm their oversight of project.

Poll finds scant support from Kansas City (Mo.) voters for bonds that would finance a new $964 million airport terminal.

A year after North Carolina inked its first public-private partnership with I-77 Mobility Partners, lawmakers have filed bills to terminate the $648 million pact amid investigations into the deal.

Montana Gov. Steve Bullocks wants lawmakers to focus on infrastructure in 2017 session.

Preliminary plans to relocate the National Football League’s Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas call for the creation of a Clark County Stadium Authority that would issue up to $750 million of bonds to help finance a new $1.4 billion stadium under a public-private partnership agreement.