Economy

Existing home sales grew 2.0% to a seasonally adjusted 5.48 million-unit rate in October from a revised 5.37 million sales pace the previous month.

The council said the delay to Nov. 27 would buy more time for newly elected council members to weigh in on an amended version of a 30-year deal with Great Lakes Water Authority.

Kansas City, Missouri was banking on private activity bonds for a "significant" role in the airport financing.

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "slowed slightly but remained solid, and optimism for future activity remained high."

La Verne is using a new Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District to develop the area around a new train station.

The region's manufacturing sector expanded in November, at a slower pace than in October.

The plan is up from the previously announced 200,000 homes.

The Moody's downgrade comes amid large losses and higher capital spending.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has endorsed another record budget for the state: $87.4 billion for fiscal 2019.

County Executive Robert Astorino is keeping up his push for to privatize White Plains airport despite losing his reelection bid.

Smaller not-for-profit hospitals and systems lack the access to taxable debt markets enjoyed by bigger systems.

Two GOP Representatives argued that the Puerto Rico Oversight Board should be given additional powers over the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed "business activity continued to grow strongly in New York State."

Portland,Ore.-area voters won't see a transit and road bond measure on their ballots in 2018.

The successful referendum to expand Medicaid eligibility is a credit negative, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

One of the big unknowns, as the state Parkways Authority moves forward on preparations to sell up to $500 million of West Virginia Turnpike toll bonds for highways upgrades in 10 Southern West Virginia counties, is the extent of potential financial losses through the sale of super-discounted E-ZPasses mandated by law.

Economists in the latest Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank's quarterly survey marked up their forecasts for growth this year and next but said they expect inflation toward the Fed's 2% target to slow going forward.

The loss of Southwest means enplanement costs go up, reducing its competitive advantage over nearby Detroit.

The Illinois Finance Authority authorized a passel of deals that would be outlawed by a GOP tax bill.

Although New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has invested more than $120 billion in capital improvements since 1982, the pace of investment has not kept up with the need.