Economy

Hidalgo County, Texas wants to combine a border barrier with a flood-protection levee.

The moves are intended to boost the firm's capital markets abilities in a changing interest rate environment.

As legislators in Madison debate how to fill a $1 billion hole in the state's transportation fund, cash-strapped local government officials are left with no choice but to use band-aids to patch the potholes riddling the state's crumbling roads and bridges.

Two major construction projects on U.S. Highway 95 in North Idaho are at the top of the list for funding if Gov. Butch Otter signs a major transportation bill that lawmakers passed.

The West Virginia House adopted a resolution that would authorize $1.6 billion in bonds, which is the cornerstone of Gov. Jim Justice's road program.

Transportation bills now headed to negotiations in the state Capitol include increases in funding, but members of the Area Transportation Partnership for Southwest Minnesota are not optimistic that the region's needs will be met.

The new PREPA deal would force un-insured bondholders to accept a loss of principal, unlike the previous deal, which allowed retention of bonds at face value.

St. Louis based SSM is turning to the taxable market to pay down debt and bolster its liquidity.

The city's property tax rate would increase by roughly 1 cent, costing the average Raleigh homeowner an extra $19 a year, under a transportation spending package city leaders are considering.

Gov. Chris Christie has cut off state payments to Amtrak.

House Democrats contend that infrastructure project delays result from a lack of funding, not red tape.

Energy Northwest is preparing to price $592 million of revenue and refunding bonds.

Awards and settlements are piling up even as the U.S. wealth management unit reports record profits.

Rebuilding the nation’s transportation infrastructure will require more direct federal funding, experts tell a congressional panel.

Infrastructure advocates are bearish on the near-term success of President Donald Trump's ambitious plan to "rebuild America's crumbling infrastructure," despite the administration's continuing assurances that transportation, where the backlog is greatest, is a top priority for Trump.

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said a Trump infrastructure proposal could be ready by May.

Michigan, New York, Texas and New Jersey were among the big economies that showed the sharpest declines in our score of overall economic health last month. We also take a closer look at housing prices.

Congressional budget dispute has frozen more than $1 billion of 2017 federal highway and transit funding to states.

In this new edition of Muni Minute, we turn our focus to The Hill in Washington, D.C., as there will be lots of activity that should be of interest to the municipal market.

The board of New York’s MTA approved contracts aimed at speeding the rebuilding of the L subway line’s Canarsie tunnel by three months, to 15 months.