Economy

The overall economy grew for the 112th straight time, the Institute for Supply Management reported Tuesday.

The state gas tax will rise by 4.3 cents per gallon on Oct. 1 to support the state's Transportation Trust Fund.

In the busy oil fields south of San Antonio, some big rig trucks sit empty.

The Port of Brownsville may use revenue bonds to dredge its ship channel rather than wait indefinitely for federal funding.

The New York mayor says he will seek federal funding for the $2.7 billion project.

The Florida Development Finance Corp. will issue $1.75 billion of bonds for the privately owned passenger train project.

The Maine Supreme Court dealt a blow to Gov. Paul LePage’s efforts to slow voter-approved Medicaid expansion.

Pending home sales slipped 0.7% to an index reading of 106.2 in July, after a revised 1.0% gain to 107.0 in June.

The Florida Development Finance Corp. will be asked to be the conduit issuer for $1.75 billion of PABs on behalf of the project's private owners.

Firms reported difficulty finding skilled workers, as manufacturing expansion continued.

Home prices rose 6.2% on an annual basis in June, not seasonally adjusted, down from a 6.4% gain in May.

Jacksonville-based JEA wants the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia to vote against continuing the project.

While flattening yield curves may signal a rising risk for recession, the curve that has proven most accurate in foretelling a downturn is far from inverting.

Texas factory activity growth, as measured by the production index, “maintained its strong momentum in August.”

The organization chose Karen Daly, Emily Brock, and Lori Schreckengost to receive the annual awards.

The New York State Thruway Authority is on the road to completing a decades-long reconstruction project for a heavily-traveled stretch of Interstate-95.

U.S. purchases of new homes unexpectedly dipped to the weakest pace in nine months.

The region's volume numbers were supported by favorable market conditions that drove several large gas prepay deals.

Existing home sales fell 0.7% to a seasonally adjusted 5.34 million-unit rate in July.

Moody's lowered the South Carolina-owned public utility’s bond rating to A2, and its bank bond rating to A3.