Economy

Livery-service tax overhaul could help fill the $2.6 billion gap in New York MTA's proposed capital plan, said the Citizens Budget Commission.

Moody's revised its outlook on the nonprofit health care sector to stable from negative, where it has been since 2008, citing significant gains in several key areas.

Phoenix voters have approved a $31.7 billion transportation plan funded by an increase in a dedicated sales tax.

A federal judge this week sided with Ohio when he dismissed a lawsuit challenging the use of Ohio Turnpike toll revenue to fund projects that aren't on the turnpike itself.

The New York Power Authority finished $2.1 million in energy efficiency upgrades at the MTA's Metro-North Railroad North White Plains Train Yard.

Fast-growing Montomery County north of Houston will vote again on $280 million of road bonds that were defeated in 2014, county commissioners decided.

Virginia's proposed $2.1 billion project to reduce congestion on Interstate 66 can go ahead as a public-private partnership.

A local engineering firm and its founder made a $2 million donation that provides one quarter of the local matching funds needed to qualify for federal grants on a $119 million runway project.

A $1 billion funding gap could jeopardize completion of the Green Line streetcar extension north of Boston, Massachusetts transportation officials say.

Diane Stanton began work Monday as executive director of the California Health Facilities Financing Authority, a conduit issuer for the state's non-profit hospitals, according to the treasurer's office.

Colorado may have to cut highway funding so it can issue tax refunds triggered by the state's TABOR law.

Two Maryland counties have committed another $60 million to help fund the proposed $2 billion Purple Line P3 light-rail project.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority General Manager Joseph M. Casey is retiring after seven years leading the nation’s sixth-largest public transit agency.

The political bickering that litters the New York-area transportation funding landscape raises doubts about big projects such as the LaGuardian Airport renovation and Hudson River train tunnels.

Multiple factors are pressuring Puerto Rico's nonprofit universities and hospitals, Standard & Poor's said Thursday.

A high-profile San Francisco Bay Area business advocate, the Bay Area Council's Jim Wunderman, says a sales tax should be used to help meet California's massive unfunded transportation needs.

Senate's multiyear transportation funding bill loosens restrictions on tolling of existing lanes of interstate highways.

Puerto Rico's ongoing fiscal struggles could have negative credit implications for some health care providers on the island.

California lawmakers began consideration of several bond-related propositions aimed at raising infrastructure revenue.

The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of Clayton County, Ga.'s only hospital is a favorable credit factor for the county, according to Moody's Investors Service.