Economy

After approving a plan to finance $70 billion of projects over the next decade, the Texas Transportation Commission will issue $712 million of bonds in September to take care of current needs.

Almost all the state legislators who voted for a higher state gasoline tax last year won their 2016 primary races, according to an analysis of eight states that enacted laws to increase their state motor fuel taxes in 2015.

Fifty years ago, Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corp. issued a $1.6 million bond for a now-defunct biblical school. Since then it has handled roughly $7.4 billion in debt.

South Florida can expect Zika-related travel advisories to hurt tourism and related tax revenues, S&P Global Ratings said. The only question is by how much.

Maryland and Federal Transit Administration officials want a federal judge to restore funding for the $5.6 billion Purple Line light rail public-private partnership project that was shut down by court order in early August.

Significant cost overruns on an earlier light-rail program may affect November vote on Seattle’s $54 billion transit proposal.

More infrastructure spending at all levels of government would be best fix for California's congested, deficient roads, TRIP says.

Advocates say Colorado could unclog roads with an additional $1 billion each year for transit, sidewalks, and bike lanes.

The transportation and utilities sectors grew by $7.9 billion in the first half of 2016 from a year earlier.

Two California state lawmakers released a proposal they say would generate $7.4 billion annually for transportation, with $2.5 billion going directly to cities and counties.

State gasoline tax collections climb as more Americans hit the road, giving states additional borrowing capacity.

N.J. Gov. Chris Christie opens the general fund to restart transportation project stalled over fight with lawmakers.

Eight years after the housing market collapse, the senior housing sector is growing with the help of near record-low interest rates that have prompted a rush to market.

Lawsuits by two Florida counties challenging the $1.75 billion private activity bond award for the All Aboard Florida passenger train project can proceed, after a federal judge ruled in the counties' favor.

A new coalition of labor and business is hoping to persuade Illinois voters to support a constitutional amendment that would halt the diversion of transportation-related revenue.

A big increase in New Jersey's gasoline tax would restart work on $3.5 billion of stalled road projects, Gov. Chris Christie said.

Los Angeles County has given the greenlight to a public-private project for a $270 million office building for its Department of Mental Health anchored by tax-exempt bonds.

Providence Health & Services took a one-notch downgrade from Fitch Ratings, ahead of a planned &803 million revenue bond deal for Providence St. Joseph Health.

Both presidential candidates should focus more on rebuilding U.S. infrastructure, former officials urge.

The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority may seek another round of bond funding after a year that saw operations increase following the expansion of its main runway.