Economy

The tollway agency plans to spend $1.2 billion on capital projects next year.

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "continued at a solid pace, and optimism remained high" in December.

The pace of new single-family home sales increased by 17.5% to 733,000, the highest level since July 2007.

The urgency for healthcare issuers to sell tax-exempt bonds is gone after private activity bonds survived tax reform.

Georgia regulators said the private and public power owners can move forward with the Plant Vogtle project.

Ingalls Health System in south suburban Chicago was downgraded one notch to Baa3 by Moody's Investors Service.

Skeptics question whether the MTA can deliver on time and on budget after it fumbled other big projects.

Martin Robins, founding director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, discusses New Jersey's transportation infrastructure needs in the face of state fiscal pressures. Robins, who helped create New Jersey Transit, explores how funding may change under Gov.-elect Phil Murphy. Hosted by Andrew Coen.

The region's manufacturing sector expanded in December at a quicker pace than in November.

When the future of tax-exempt bonds for nonprofits was unclear, the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York unleashed many end-of- year transactions.

Existing home sales grew 5.6% to a seasonally adjusted 5.81 million-unit rate in November.

The pace of housing starts posted a surprise 3.3% gain to a 1.297 million seasonally adjusted annual rate in November, well ahead of expectations for a 1.250 million pace.

Approval of the tax reform bill led the Florida Development Finance Corp. to cancel its Monday meeting to approve a deal for the train project.

Colorado and its private partners on redevelopment of a 10-mile section of Interstate 70 are in the market with $116.9 million of PABs.

Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes increased as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index climbed to 74 in December.

Concerned about the tax bill before Congress, the private passenger train owners want to issue bonds by Dec. 31.

Portland, Ore., will use proceeds from the city's $258 million housing bond to build affordable apartments on a Southeast Portland property formerly home to a strip club.

After venting frustration over services that are not planned for ProMedica's new hospital in Adrian Township, Lenawee County commissioners Wednesday approved issuing bonds to finance the hospital's construction.

Cybersecurity is among the city's latest challenges, said James Patchett, CEO of the New York City Economic Development Corp.

Moody's dropped Wood County Hospital Association to Ba1 and assigned a negative outlook.