Economy

Three consumer advocacy groups filed a lawsuit accusing Tennessee of implementing policies that deny health coverage to individuals eligible for TennCare.

Allowing states to toll existing highways as an infrastructure funding option divides transportation industry advocates.

Hospital bankruptcies are on pace to set a record in 2014 and investors should get more involved with restructuring efforts, a firm specializing the field says.

The Regents of the University of Minnesota will sell $141 million of general obligation bonds Thursday to finance construction of a new ambulatory care center.

Three senators hope to offer an amendment on Senate floor that rejects budget gimmicks and requires passage in 2014 of a longer term transportation funding measure.

The plight of State Highway 130 outside Austin, Texas, is a stark example of the risks involved in building toll roads in undeveloped areas, according to Fitch Ratings.

Fitch Ratings has upgraded the ratings on more than $1 billion of outstanding revenue bonds issued for Stanford Hospital & Clinics.

A special commission brainstormed about the long-term prospects for New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, one of the largest municipal issuers. The authority is in need of modern thinking about how to finance and provide its services, many members said.

The ailing Highway Trust Fund needs a long-term answer, not another short-term patch, says Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx

Virginia is working on a plan to reduce severe congestion on Interstate 66 that could cost as much as $3 billion.

The $11 billion, 10-month legislative bailout of the Highway Trust Fund adopted overwhelmingly by the House would stymie the best chance for a long-term solution for transportation funding, according to most industry experts.

Shortly after the sighs of relief that followed the Long Island Railroad labor contract announcement, skeptics questioned how it will be paid for without fare hikes or cutting into Metropolitan Transportation Authority capital funding.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and negotiators announced a deal to avert a Long Island Rail Road strike that loomed three days away.

President Obama announced a new federal effort to connect local governments with private investor partners in transportation infrastructure projects during his visit Thursday to a shuttered bridge in Delaware.

Providence Health & Services priced a deal to finance acquisition of a California hospital, an example of the consolidation trend in healthcare as hospitals grapple with financial pressures wrought by the federal healthcare law

The Connecticut Bond Commission is set to approve $2.75 million for the new Barnum train station in East Bridgeport, said Gov. Dannel Malloy.

New York's MTA and a consortium of eight Long Island Rail Road unions resumed contract talks four days before the unions are authorized to strike

Moody's Investors Service downgraded University Medical Center Corp.'s $330 million of debt to Baa2 and retained a negative outlook as a possible sale of the Tucson, Ariz. hospital develops.

The House adopted a 10-month, $10.8 billion short-term fix for the almost insolvent Highway Trust Fund.

Chances for swift passage of a billion bailout of the highway fund rise with Obama's support of the House's temporary fix.