Economy

The start of an impeachment inquiry brings uncertainty, as business investment continues to be soft.

The capital plan's unknowns include its effect on the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's debt levels and rating agency perceptions.

More than 1,000 Rhode Island jobs are riding on a proposed 20-year, $1 billion gambling contract extension, the governor said.

Interest rates should be less than 1.5%, not the current 1.75% to 2%, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari.

A bidding conference will solicit technological innovations and proposals for reimagining signal systems.

The 28 members of The Bond Buyer's 2019 Rising Stars class are taking on the evolving challenges of the muni market with technology and entrepreneurial zeal.

After spearheading large capital projects at New York State’s nonprofit entities, Dr. Gerrard Bushell is set to tackle a $7 billion infrastructure initiative at one of the world’s major airports.

The Florida House of Representatives wants another chance to argue that its law eliminating the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority is legal.

The Federal Reserve took center stage again Friday, with two presidents explaining why they dissented at the latest meeting and Vice Chair Richard Clarida terming it “healthy” debate.

Michigan is more vulnerable because of its higher exposure to the auto manufacturer relative to other U.S. states, said Moody's Investors Service.

The charter boarding school is designed to lift homeless youth and foster children in largely Latino and African-American neighborhoods in South Los Angeles.

The private activity bonds would be used to help finance the planned Virgin Trains USA line to Victorville, Calif., from Las Vegas.

The city approved a joint powers agreement with four other cities to purchase electricity to be delivered over San Diego Gas & Electric lines.

As gas taxes seem less plausible as a source of infrastructure funding, many are looking for alternate funding options.

The FOMC voted to cut the target range 25 basis points to 1.75% to 2% as “uncertainties” offset prospects for “sustained expansion of economic activity, strong labor market conditions, and inflation near the Committee's symmetric 2 percent objective.”

Attorneys for Indian River County, the Department of Transportation and Virgin Trains will appear before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Jasiel Correia II, accused separately of shaking down marijuana vendors and defrauding investors, still finished a distant second in the Fall River race.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board doubled professional fees for municipal advisors last week.

Questions from transit observers and advocates followed the announcement by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of its $51.5 billion capital program.

Moody's Investors Service said the uptick in prepaid gas volume reflects a wider spread between tax-exempt and taxable yields.