Economy

OSF Healthcare System in Illinois heads into the market next week with its $368 million sale with a second dose of good credit news.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s reform legislation and priorities for its 10-year capital plan will be examined during hearings scheduled for Sept. 10 before the New Jersey Senate Legislative Oversight Committee.

Arkansas revives road projects stalled over federal funding concerns, but officials say long-term HTF solution is essential.

Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla announced Friday the planned start of construction of a train line between San Juan and Caguas.

With upgrades from two rating agencies, the North Texas Tollway Authority expects another reduction in its debt service costs with $744 million of refunding bonds, according to chief financial officer Horatio Porter.

The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are bracing for potential impacts from a slowing Chinese economy.

Prospects for bringing all New York subway stations to a state of good repair are dim even if the MTA gets full capital funding, said a watchdog organization.

Florida's Martin and Indian River counties launched new legal challenges to the private All Aboard Florida passenger train project within days of a scheduled $1.75 billion bond offering.

California lawmakers are getting closer to finding more money for the state's infrastructure with less than two weeks left in the regular legislative session, though deep divides remain.

The Teamsters union and New England governors are making separate pushes for prompt action on long-term federal transportation funding.

U.S. toll roads rated by Moody's Investors Service improved their finances in fiscal year 2014, the rating agency said.

The Atlanta Streetcar is conducting a national search for an executive director, and has named former AECOM/URS Corp. transit manager Keith Jones as interim director.

A struggling hospital in an affluent Detroit suburb has merged with Ascension Health, the largest non-profit health care system in the country.

Surplus toll road revenues will fund preliminary engineering studies on a potential rapid rail segment in north central Texas.

The Tri-county Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon will sell $133.6 million of triple-A rated payroll tax bonds Sept. 9.

Expectations of nearly $1 billion in new revenue for rebounding Michigan would not be enough to offset shortfalls if the Legislature and Gov. Rick Snyder enact a plan to rely on the general fund to finance road repairs, warns a new report.

Texas voters will consider more than $8.7 billion of local bond proposals Nov. 3 while weighing another $2.5 billion for transportation funding statewide, according to final tally of ballot items.

Latest in a series of annual polls on transportation funding finds public will accept increase of gasoline tax if revenue dedicated to road work.

Already outpacing all other issuers in the Southwest this year, the Texas Transportation Commission is going to market with $1 billion of triple-A-rated bonds.

Wisconsin takes competitive bids on $391 million of general obligation debt Tuesday with more than half earmarked for transportation projects.