Economy

Most registered voters believe governments should reverse infrastructure decline by boosting spending.

Bonds issued for a P3 highway project in Indiana were downgraded to junk following construction delays and payment disputes among contractors.

A CDC warning advising pregnant women against traveling to a south Florida neighborhood because of Zika is a negative credit factor for both Miami and Miami-Dade County, said Moody's Investors Service.

Virginia transportation officials plan to select a private partner by fall for the $2 billion I-66 toll lane project.

A last-minute compromise ensures that a $4.7 billion transit plan for Detroit will be on November ballot.

A political brawl involving a bone-dry transportation trust fund and a pension-funding referendum continues as New Jersey lawmakers reconvene.

The control board appointed a year ago to get a handle on the troubled Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is beginning to show progress, though much work remains, Massachusetts transit advocates say.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft feasibility report on a project to make the Port of Seattle one of North America's deepest harbors.

Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.’s bond outlook is positive and could lead to a rating upgrade because of its financial separation from Vanderbilt Medical Center, S&P Global Ratings said.

Maryland’s $5.6 billion Purple Line P3 in jeopardy after federal judge halts the project over ridership worries.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump proposes more than $500 billion of new federal infrastructure investments.

A compromise agreement to put a tax hike on the November ballot that would help fund a $4.7 billion mass transit funding package for Southeastern Michigan could be voted on Thursday.

States only have until Aug. 20 to designate highway corridors where electric vehicle charging stations can be built under a new administration program that will provide $4.5 billion of loan guarantees to public-private partnerships and other collaborative efforts to develop and deploy a network of such stations.

Intercity passenger, freight, and bullet train projects are eligible for a little-used program of federal low-interest loans and guarantees.

The University of Texas System will bring its triple-A credit to two bond deals worth a combined $609 million.

The Southeast Michigan Regional Transit Authority failed to secure enough votes to put a 20-year transportation millage on the Nov. 8 ballot in a vote taken this week.

Miami-Dade County will price $365 million of tax exempt non-AMT refunding bonds and $377 million of taxable bonds on Wednesday.

Road, transit, and rail projects in 32 states share $500 million in latest round of competitive TIGER grants.

Wisconsin lawmakers warn that a looming $940 million road revenue gap may require a higher gasoline tax.

Four transportation agencies in California's three largest metropolitan areas have placed tax measures on November's ballot.