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Friday's batch of economic indicators offered some bright spots and some dark.

A new tax credit, a grand jury report, national election-year politics and regional bickering have revived debate over natural gas drilling.

Bi-state transportation agency seeks $3 billion of federal assistance to avoid capital plan cuts.

San Francisco International Airport will issue $291 million in refunding bonds amid belt-tightening efforts driven by a massive drop in passengers.

No surprises from the Fed, not much for it to do at this point.

Fitch Ratings cut Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District in Imperial County to BB from BBB-minus.

Florida TaxWatch and environmentalists are urging Florida lawmakers to stop planning for the Suncoast Connector and others before millions are spent.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Patrick Foye called mass transit "the circulatory system of the nation."

As the coronavirus infections rise in parts of the nation, the economy is suffering.

With rates at zero lower bound, and staying there, analysts are focusing on the post-meeting statement.

The next stimulus package will help municipalities and those who are struggling the most, but won't be as generous as the first package, economists predict.

Initial jobless claims increased for the first time since March, causing some to worry about the economic recovery.

Hospitals margins could sink to unsustainable negative levels in the last half of the year, according to forecasts.

Even with more federal rescue aid, which is hardly a given, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority may have to resort to deficit borrowing.

Federal authorities arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder on charges he took bribes to support legislation that benefited bankrupt FirstEnergy.

Several scenarios exists offering different potential outcomes, according to an observer.

South Carolina-owned Santee Cooper must pay $200 million to ratepayers and impose a four-year rate freeze to end a suit over a failed nuclear reactor project.

The commission approved the borrowing amid projections of a $153 million budget shortfall for fiscal 2020 due to COVID-19.

Fitch downgraded the Ohio-based system to BBB-minus, leaving its rating at the lowest investment grade, matching ProMedica's Moody's rating.

The shroud of uncertainty surrounding further COVID-19 federal rescue aid has many public transit agencies and advocates antsy.