Economy

Rhode Island's new municipal road and bridge revolving fund generated applications from 13 municipalities requesting $29 million, Treasurer Gina Raimondo announced.

Chicago last week officially unveiled its newest $1.3 billion runway under its ongoing $8 billion O'Hare Modernization Program.

An Ohio legislative board Monday approved an expansion of the state's Medicaid program under the new federal health care law, marking a victory for Gov. John Kasich.

Indiana Monday issued a request for qualifications for firms interested in building a new toll collection system for the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project.

Early voting is under way in Miami-Dade County where voters are being asked to approve $830 million in general obligation bonds for the public Jackson Health System.

In a complex multi-state issue, Catholic Health Initiatives expects to price about $1.2 billion of debt for its network of non-profit hospitals.

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District strike is a credit negative for the transit system, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Arkansas lawmakers approved a plan to set aside $43 million in surplus money to limit increases in teacher health premiums.

Internal Revenue Service officials are taking a position in the tax dispute over $427.2 million of bonds issued by the Village Center Community Development District that they previously said they would not take, according to the CDD's lawyer.

After nearly two years of analysis, Indiana University has dropped its effort to privatize its parking system.

llinois and Indiana's plan to build a controversial $1.3 billion toll-road through public private partnerships cleared a key hurdle as an Illinois-based regional planning committee voted to include the project in the area's long-range plan.

The New York City Transitional Finance Authority will kick off $1.2 billion of new money bond sales with a $650 million issuance on Oct. 23.

Anticipating a default by June, Moody's downgraded $1.1 billion of debt for the State Highway 130 toll road near Austin, Texas to Caa3.

Transit historian Peter Derrick says that whatever the cost, unifying New York City's regional commuter rail systems would pay economic dividends.

Moody's Investors Service has placed Methodist Medical Center of Illinois' A2 rating on review for a potential upgrade in anticipation of the hospital becoming part of the higher rated Iowa Health System's obligated group.

Chicago plans to begin scaling back on retiree healthcare premium subsidies in its 2014 budget even though a legal challenge to its plan to phase out the subsidies for most retirees faces a legal challenge.

U.S. transportation sectors are in the doldrums with little increase in activity seen in 2013, Fitch says in new report

Honolulu officials notified a federal judge that they have met the additional environmental requirements for the city's $5.3 billion elevated rail project he outlined in a December 2012 order.

Texas lawmakers may allocate $250 million of unexpected registration fees to reverse a plan to convert some paved state roads to gravel.

Voters in gilt-edged Raleigh and Wake County, N.C., approved selling a total of $885 million of general obligation bonds for schools and transportation projects.