Infrastructure

Bond ratings and other positive news of late could merely paper over warning signs of another fiscal cliff.

Cities and representatives from the National Urban League said the infrastructure bill would be a huge boost for cities and underserved neighborhoods.

Gavin Newsom lauded the $15 billion approved by lawmakers for climate change, but transportation was left out in the cold.

William Estes has overseen multibillion-dollar design-build and infrastructure developments for government agencies in New York.

The country's digital divide and ailing water infrastructure would see boosts in bipartisan infrastructure bill up for House vote as soon as Monday.

The House is expected to approve a stopgap funding measure that suspends the debt ceiling and marks one of several partisan showdowns ahead of the looming fiscal year-end.

Concerns range from frayed infrastructure to better communication in the face of the deadly flash flooding that caught the city by surprise in storm Ida.

While the city has a long history of coping with disasters including the Sept. 11 attacks, the COVID-19 pandemic is a work in progress.

The Long Island utility intends to sell electric system general revenue bonds in three tranches.

The former Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman pledged his "support, service, and assistance" to Gov. Hochul and her administration, but not in the ESDC role.

The Bond Buyer is seeking industry-wide input on environmental, social and governance factors in the public finance space.

California's drought makes the argument that the San Diego County Water Authority's choice to build a P3 coastside desalination plant was correct.

The absence of advance refunding and a direct-pay bond program in the bipartisan infrastructure package has lobbyists pushing for inclusion of those things in the reconciliation bill, a matter only weeks away.

Cooper Howard, director of fixed income strategy at the Schwab Center for Financial Research, talks with Chip Barnett about what municipal bond investors can expect in the second half of the year – low yields and strong fundamentals. He looks at continuing bond fund inflows, rising taxable issuance and compressed spreads. (14 minutes/Taped Aug. 3).

The pandemic has prompted rare bipartisan consensus the U.S. needs a job creation program focusing on the middle class and acknowledging rural communities while upgrading infrastructure.

ReThinkNYC, battling entrenched transit and real-estate interests in its call for a unified network, cites economic development gains and capital savings.

Several cities could eliminate or drastically reduce unfunded pension liabilities, Reason Foundation's Robert Poole found.

The MTA budgets 16 months for environmental review of the tolling project for Manhattan's central business district.

State officials who support the high-speed project are tracking discussions around the “social infrastructure” package for anything rail-related they can tap.

Issuers sold nearly $60 billion of debt as states, cities and agencies adjusted to the COVID-19 environment and other variables.