Infrastructure

The National League of Cities and the National Association of Counties are teaming up with several other local government agencies lobbying Congress over infrastructure funding.

Indiana's House Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved a plan to build a stadium to lure the National Football League's Chicago Bears.

Ballard has shuttered its decades-old public finance practice.

Financial advisory firm PFM is leveraging its modeling system Synario and partnering with DebtBook, a treasury market accounting software platform.

The Trump administration has released some funds but work on the megaproject remains halted.

Iowa, Vermont, Wisconsin and the US Virgin Islands are among the least-friendly governments for P3 advocates.

Bonding should increase in the next few years to address aged state and local infrastructure, Moody's Vice President Dan Seymour said.

A California Department of Water Resources issuance, based on a resolution extending contracts with water agency customers, drew strong demand.

Cases involving bonds for the city's convention center and a light-rail project are pending before the Texas Supreme Court.

The state sold the debt in a competitive auction Tuesday morning, with interest rates landing in the low 3% to high 4% range across maturities.

Federal grants and loans account for $15 billion of the $16 billion Hudson Tunnels project.

An Oregon senator introduced legislation to create a $600 million Moda Center renovation package involving state, city and county government.

A trio of current and former Alaska lawmakers presented views differing from the governor's on how to solve the state's budget red ink.

The era of "announcement" is over; the era of "execution" is here.

Longer-term bonds could ease financial pressure for Sound Transit's $54 billion long-range plans.

States have been slow to put the money to work.

In rural areas, "even modest rate increases can force low-income households to choose between water service and other basic necessities," Matt Odermann from the National Rural Water Association told senators Wednesday.

The push for a Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing loan comes as opponents call for a full review of the railway over concerns about oil spills.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's ability to finish projects on budget will become more crucial as federal, state and economic pressures mount. 

Mayors across the country are taking closer looks at data center deals as a way to pay for the infrastructure they require.