Economy

Donald Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan relies on tax credits to attract private funding.

The board of New York’s MTA approved measures intended to advance open-road electronic tolling at the authority’s crossings.

California needs to spend $7 billion annually to make city and county streets and roads safe, according to a new report funded by local governments and transportation agencies.

The not-for-profit healthcare sector is holding steady but may have peaked as persistent long-term challenges threaten to undercut gains that have bolstered margins, says S&P Global Ratings health care analyst J. Kevin Holloran.

Indian River and Martin counties filed motions for summary judgments requesting a federal judge block the $1.75 billion private activity bond allocation for All Aboard Florida’s Brightline passenger train project.

Construction delays and related payment risks on an Indiana public-private partnership highway project prompted Fitch Ratings to drop bonds issued for the project three notches to B.

More than $250 billion of local and regional transportation proposals will be on Nov. 8 ballots.

The New Jersey Transit Board of Directors approved a new $3.8 billion fiscal plan Wednesday that includes new purchases for equipment and safety infrastructure.

The opening of New York's Second Avenue subway line by year's end remains an open question, said an independent engineer.

An alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives with Dignity Health to create one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health-care providers would be a positive credit factor for the two organizations, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

New York MTA’s derivatives program reduces budget risk through interest-rate and fuel-hedging strategies, said finance director Patrick McCoy.

Property developments around DART’s light rail stations are important factors in the strong North Texas economy.

The tax supporting a $38 million bond deal for a rural Alabama hospital faces a legal challenge, though supporters say a state constitutional amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot should cure the problem for Chilton County and other localities, including Jefferson County.

The Regional Transportation District that serves metro Denver will continue to grow its rail and bus system with $197 million of revenue bonds.

Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health are in negotiations that could result in creation of the nation’s largest nonprofit hospital chain or another form of “alignment.”

Maryland will seek a federal grant for subsea rail tunnel in Baltimore after striking out in the first round.

Illinois voters will decide Nov. 8 whether to bar future diversions of transportation revenues to balance budgets or fund non-transportation related expenses.

A $3.3 billion project to expand a subsea tunnel system at Hampton Roads, Va., will be financed with a combination of bonds, toll revenue, and gas tax revenue under a plan approved a regional planning agency.

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority's proposed 2017 budget calls for nearly $1 billion in capital spending supported by $300 million in toll-backed borrowing.

Illinois-based Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare received an A rating from Fitch Ratings as it prepares to come to market to refund old debt issued by the two systems that joined forces in 2013 and establish a new obligated group.