Economy

Voters in Arizona's Maricopa County may be asked in November to approve a $935 million bond proposal to revamp the county's public hospital system.

Conservative financial structure of grant anticipation revenue bonds will buffer their credit ratings if federal highway funds drop in fiscal 2015, Standard & Poor's predicts.

Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley unveiled a plan for the municipal parking system that would keep the asset under city control as an alternative to a controversial proposal to lease it to the local port authority for an upfront cash payment.

Four consortiums whose members include top firms in the public-private partnership industry compete for Florida’s $2.4 billion “I-4 Ultimate Project.”

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn unveiled the draft of a five-year plan to overhaul its Medicaid program in hopes of snaring $5.2 billion in additional federal funding.

A Senate committee was warned Wednesday that the looming insolvency of the federal Highway Trust Fund could shut down transportation projects across the county.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport plans to refund $200 million of revenue bonds as it continues its $2.3 billion terminal remodeling project.

An applicant who once wanted to be the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority's new director alleges the agency committed to projects that will cause a deficit.

The Illinois Finance Authority board gave preliminary approval to a nearly $200 million financing planned by Centegra Health System to build a new hospital far northwest of Chicago.

New Mexico plans to offer $75 million of transportation revenue bonds for projects around the state.

Inadequate funding for transportation infrastructure in one of the biggest issues facing the United States, the Transportation Research Board said Tuesday.

Cadence Health and Rockford Health System, two Illinois hospital systems that signed a letter of intent to merge in November, have decided cancel the proposed union.

Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago won an upgrade from Standard & Poor's in recognition of its improved balance sheet and successful transition to its replacement hospital.

A bipartisan proposal for national infrastructure bank funded by $50 billion of 100-year taxable bonds is a bad idea, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

The Texas Department of Transportation plans to supply a hungry muni market with $2.6 billion of top-rated bonds in a series of first-quarter deals.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport plans to welcome the arrival of an Airbus A380 double-decker jumbo jet at a new gate in October.

Port of Houston Deputy executive director Roger Guenther moves into the top job after Leonard Waterworth ends his two-year tenure.

The federal Department of Transportation signs off on an $840 million loan to a seven-county toll road system around Houston.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's proposed 10-year $27.6 billion capital plan returns the authority's emphasis to transportation projects

Heavily tolled residents and commercial drivers on Staten Island who use New York City's Verrazano-Narrows Bridge will get a break, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.