Economy

The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority prices $215.15 million of bonds subject to the alternative minimum tax on Wednesday to support Orlando International Airport's $3 billion capital plan.

The Federal Highway Administration filed a motion Tuesday dropping its appeal of an adverse lower court ruling that the government illegally approved the controversial $1.5 billion Illiana toll road project.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s operating budget is unsustainable, said a report by its new fiscal oversight board.

Florida-based Adventist Health System agreed to pay $118.7 million to settle allegations that it had physician referral agreements that violated the federal False Claims Act.

An airport group wants airlines to drop their opposition to higher passenger facility fees that finance local infrastructure.

Chicago plans as much as $3 billion of airport, wastewater revenue, and general obligation borrowing -- mostly for refunding and restructuring purposes -- that officials say can’t wait on an improved market climate for city debt.

Colorado Department of Transportation executive Michael Cheroutes moves to the private sector Oct. 1 as founder of the Colorado Center for Infrastructure Investment, a nonprofit that will consult on public-private partnerships.

A positive outlook from Standard & Poor’s may lead to an investment-grade rating for the Decatur County Hospital Authority.

Oregon must spend an additional $3.6 billion over the next 20 years to keep aging state highway bridges at current conditions, Oregon DOT says.

The trustee for the Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority’s defaulted toll bridge bonds wants to sue the state if enough bondholders step forward to authorize the legal challenge.

After achieving net present value savings of $65 million on a $764 million refunding, the North Texas Tollway Authority is preparing for its financial close on the deal Sept. 24.

With its largest U.S. project recently completed in Dallas, the nation’s top builder of private toll roads is preparing to pitch Colorado on a major redevelopment of Interstate 70 in metro Denver.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has tapped Jeffrey D. Knueppel as the agency’s new general manager replacing the retiring Joseph Casey.

Low balances in the Highway Trust Fund could result in delayed reimbursements to states for transportation projects by Thanksgiving.

The North Broward Hospital District in Florida will pay the federal government $69.5 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, according to the Justice Department.

Standard & Poor’s view of the University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics Authority’s A-plus credit has brightened.

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Ohio Gov. John Kasich are rated as the most infrastructure-friendly candidates in the 2016 presidential field.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo delivered a letter to President Barack Obama Tuesday outlining a framework aimed at achieving funding for a new trans-Hudson commuter rail tunnel.

Connecticut received a $700,000 federal grant to study of transit-oriented development in the Hartford line corridor, which covers New Haven, Hartford and Springfield, Mass.

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District will sell more than $350 million of highly-rated refunding bonds next week to refund bonds issued more than a decade ago.