Infrastructure

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Miami-Dade are working on plans to protect against rising seas and violent storms, but will it be enough?

The amended budget bill approved by lawmakers Monday remains opaque on high-speed rail and broad band.

The agreement sets milestones for the project, expected to halve border wait times, to be completed by 2024.

The deal qualifies as both an environmental impact bond and as a green bond under the International Capital Market Association's Green Bond Principles.

State and local government groups want the focus on reinstating tax-exempt advance refunding bonds and expanding the current financing tools.

President Joe Biden celebrated his tentative deal with a group of Democratic and Republican senators on a $579 billion infrastructure plan, saying it would create millions of jobs while fulfilling a major piece of his economic agenda.

As infrastructure talks unfold in Washington, the likelihood of higher taxes may be waning, at least in the short run.

A new administration in Washington and the power of coastal atmospheric patterns may boost wind-turbine electricity generation in the Southeast.

Excessive payments to 24 employees exceeded $470,000 between 2005 and 2018, according to the Massachusetts inspector general's office.

L.A. Metro broke ground Monday on the long-awaited train station that will connect Los Angeles International Airport to the city's transit system.

Toll roads suffered tremendously from dips in traffic associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

The roughly $1 trillion bipartisan plan would rely heavily on municipal financing tools to achieve $1 trillion in investment with any new federal taxes.

Some lawmakers in Washington during infrastructure discussions have proposed repurposing some of the $350 billion of American Rescue Plan Act relief funds allocated to state, local and tribal governments. This would be a mistake.

The group is also urging Congress to enact enhancements for aggie bonds and industrial development bonds.

If the market holds, the state could also receive the lowest recorded true interest cost in its history of general obligation bond sales.

The state sued after the Trump administration canceled federal funding already approved for the project.

One involves a framework worked out by 10 senators while the other involves a more narrowly-focused $78 billion bill for passenger and freight rail.

The NLC survey found the availability of broadband and digital connectivity improved in about three in 10 urban core and rural communities over the past year.

The five-year Highway Trust Fund reauthorization still requires action by the House Ways and Means Committee to approve revenue measures for financing the bill.

A last-minute bill that would have authorized a split of board chairman and chief executive positions appears to have died in the state Senate.