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Final federal regulations make clear that most failures to meet certain requirements created by the new health care law won't hurt the tax-exempt status of nonprofit hospitals' bonds.

A ceremonial groundbreaking for California's $68 billion high speed passenger rail project is scheduled in Fresno.

Lack of action on federal transportation funding means growth in states' use of public-private partnerships to build, fund, and operate large projects.

New York City has issued a request for information for mobile payment options for the payment and scheduling of parking tickets.

The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority in Washington received a negative outlook from Standard & Poor's on its outstanding "parity" lien obligations, but the authority, known as Sound Transit, retained its AAA rating.

Short-term extensions of federal transportation spending are likely to continue through 2015 as lawmakers struggle with a gasoline tax that can't pay the bills.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie rejected proposed legislation aimed at improving accountability at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Beaumont Health, southeast Michigan's largest provider after a September merger with two local hospitals, is refunding $408 million of bonds in January for savings.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling and upheld Milwaukee County's 2010 cuts to nurses' pension benefits.

Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla is delaying signing an oil tax hike that would support Puerto Rico's Highways and Transportation Authority and GDB.

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority will head into its fourth year of a $12 billion, 15-year infrastructure program with record capital spending planned.

Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia formally closed on $600 million of federal loans for Silver Line rail project to Dulles Airport.

A three-mile segment of the Coalfields Expressway will be the first public-private partnership project to be built under West Virginia's new P3 law.

The Regional Transportation Authority of Illinois heads into the new year with a $2.9 billion operating budget and $3.8 billion five-year capital program that relies on federal funds and loans, and borrowings including inaugural issues from two of its service boards.

Citing a recent debt restructuring, Moody's Investors Service upgraded the San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency two notches to Ba2.

Missouri hospitals reported providing $588 million in charity care and another $512 million in uncompensated care last year, the Missouri Hospital Association said in a report.

Standard & Poor's removed California's Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, operator of Caltrain service between San Jose and San Francisco, from credit watch on Monday citing improved budget operations.

Costs for Oahu's $5.26 billion rail project are on pace to exceed the budget by at least $500 million, according to the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation.

Revenues for Texas Health Resources' Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas are back on track after falling 25% during an Ebola scare that claimed a patient's life and infected two nurses, according to a disclosure announcement.

The New York City Regional Economic Development Council awarded $443,750 to the Trust for Public Land for design work on the QueensWay parkland project.