Economy

States will seek ways in 2015 to enhance existing revenue streams or create new ones to fund critical transportation projects, Wells Fargo says.

Los Angeles World Airport officials said enplanements at LA/Ontario International Airport grew in 2014, a year Los Angeles spent battling Ontario city officials who want control of the Inland Empire airfield.

The Texas Department of Transportation is investing in transportation projects along its 367-mile coast in anticipation of increased trade through an expanded Panama Canal and exports of natural gas amid mixed economic indicators.

Missouri's proposed $2 billion upgrade of I-70 could be funded by tolling the 200-mile link between Kansas City and St. Louis.

Final federal regulations make clear that most failures to meet certain requirements created by the new health care law won't hurt the tax-exempt status of nonprofit hospitals' bonds.

A ceremonial groundbreaking for California's $68 billion high speed passenger rail project is scheduled in Fresno.

Lack of action on federal transportation funding means growth in states' use of public-private partnerships to build, fund, and operate large projects.

New York City has issued a request for information for mobile payment options for the payment and scheduling of parking tickets.

The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority in Washington received a negative outlook from Standard & Poor's on its outstanding "parity" lien obligations, but the authority, known as Sound Transit, retained its AAA rating.

Short-term extensions of federal transportation spending are likely to continue through 2015 as lawmakers struggle with a gasoline tax that can't pay the bills.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie rejected proposed legislation aimed at improving accountability at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Beaumont Health, southeast Michigan's largest provider after a September merger with two local hospitals, is refunding $408 million of bonds in January for savings.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling and upheld Milwaukee County's 2010 cuts to nurses' pension benefits.

Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla is delaying signing an oil tax hike that would support Puerto Rico's Highways and Transportation Authority and GDB.

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority will head into its fourth year of a $12 billion, 15-year infrastructure program with record capital spending planned.

Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia formally closed on $600 million of federal loans for Silver Line rail project to Dulles Airport.

A three-mile segment of the Coalfields Expressway will be the first public-private partnership project to be built under West Virginia's new P3 law.

The Regional Transportation Authority of Illinois heads into the new year with a $2.9 billion operating budget and $3.8 billion five-year capital program that relies on federal funds and loans, and borrowings including inaugural issues from two of its service boards.

Citing a recent debt restructuring, Moody's Investors Service upgraded the San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency two notches to Ba2.

Missouri hospitals reported providing $588 million in charity care and another $512 million in uncompensated care last year, the Missouri Hospital Association said in a report.