Coronavirus

With Congress gridlocked over the coronavirus rescure package, the nation's largest trasit authority may have to look for other options.

Declines are attributed to the pandemic and were highest among first-year students, report says.

Former Rep. Joe Crowley, D- NY., said fellow Democrats need to get on board with using public-private partnerships as a way to pay for infrastructure.

The city's full-court press on investors includes a webinar to replace pre-COVID-19 investor luncheons and one-on-one calls ahead of the $1.24 billion deal.

Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, the Democratic co-chair of the caucus, described the package as “a common-sense framework."

The $73 million in present value savings over the next three years will help offset the costs of the coronavirus pandemic.

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Palos Health are the latest Midwest systems exploring a merger.

In a long-range revenue forecast, a state economist told lawmakers that it could take two or three years for Florida’s hard-hit tourism industry to recover.

During the kickoff for the United for Infrastructure week, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said he supported a one -year extension of current federal surface transportation funding.

The bonds are pricing in three series on Wednesday and Thursday through senior manager Morgan Stanley.

Consumers’ view of the economy was less pessimistic in August, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Survey of Consumer Expectations.

Gov. Gina Raimondo and top lawmakers want a clearer picture from Washington over coronavirus relief aid.

Sources say lawmakers want to know why the Municipal Liquidity Facility has only been used by two issuers.

Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration faces a fast-approaching deadline to choose its debt strategy: long-term GO bonds or the Fed's Municipal Liquidity Facility.

S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on Pennsylvania's A-plus rating to negative from stable ahead of Wednesday's competitive general obligation bond sale.

Guam Gov. Lourdes Leon Guerrero told lawmakers she wants the island territory to be eligible for the Fed’s Municipal Liquidity Facility.

The so-called “skinny bill” proposed by Senate Republicans failed to advance Thursday in a 52 to 47 vote that fell short of the 60-vote supermajority needed to break a filibuster.

In the first two months of the fiscal year, Georgia saw state tax collections, which support the state general fund, increase by 12.4% year-over-year.

Any bonding to cover coronavirus-related budget gaps should come only with oversight from a reactivated state panel, the Citizens Budget Commission said.

A new state revenue forecast could put a crimp in the governor's $4 billion emergency funding bond plan.