Economy

The El Paso County Hospital District is evaluating options, including other debt proposals, to address capacity constraints at its facilities.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's intends to spend $45.5 million over the course of FY2023.

Inadequate public governance drives up the costs of U.S. transit projects, Eno Center for Transportation said in a report.

The goal is to reduce energy costs and exposure to energy price spikes.

The electric vehicle charging program allocates the biggest chunk of federal funds to Texas, at $407 million. California is next in line, with $383 million. No other state receives more than $200 million.

The public power industry continues to deal with a host of issues from extreme weather events to environmental concerns and rising inflation.

The ruling "sends a strong signal to other states that trucking is not to be targeted as a piggy bank," said the president of the Rhode Island trucking association.

Brett, whose term ends this week, oversaw the MSRB's push for a greater integration of technology as well as overseeing some controversial rule proposals.

Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems is advancing the nation's first small modular reactor, a $6 billion project supporters say is the future of nuclear energy.

The financial advisory firm is adding to its fold a specialty firm that focuses on aiding the hospital sector on clinical documentation, revenue cycle, hospital operations, and technology.

The Federal Highway Administration needs to act more like a partner and less like a roadblock, state transportation officials said.

Municipal market participants are gaming out post-election scenarios that pose opportunities and risks for budgets and portfolios.  

The healthcare chain won breathing room as its letter of credit provider waived a rating covenant and removed an event of default provision for junk downgrades.

"The labor noise is probably a little louder and is probably going to be with us for longer than we expected in late 2021 and is probably going to result in lower margins for a bit of time," S&P's Suzie Desai said.

The program received more than 250 applications for $26.5 billion worth of projects across the country.

Detroit revised its general fund estimates upward for the current fiscal year at its latest estimating conference Monday.

Removing the passenger facility charge cap of $4.50 would provide airports with more flexible and consistent funding options to help them become more self-reliant, a Reason Foundation study said.

Inflation will fall back down to the Federal Reserve's 2% target by early 2025, the San Francisco Fed said in a research note Friday.

Tollway revenue in the first half of 2022 surpassed pre-pandemic 2019 levels in five of the months.

Ahmed's appointment comes a few months after longtime SIFMA lawyer Ira Hammerman announced he would leave the job this year.