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The state's transportation secretary credited funding from a 2017 gas tax increase for enabling it to clear up a backlog of transportation projects.

The state government says community hospitals will be awarded a combined total of close to $300 million of assistance. 

The Uinta Basin Railway, which aims to transport crude oil, is eying up to $2 billion in private-activity bond authorization.

"The improved rating outlooks are critical for the Power Authority to ensure that we can continue leveraging the capital markets," said NYPA President and CEO Justin E. Driscoll.

Healthcare and transportation had the biggest contraction in issuance volume.

Nashville Senior Care, LLC's Chapter 11 filing impacts bonds sold through conduit issuers in Florida, Ohio and Tennessee.

The board named Jamie Asbury, the district's energy manager, to the top slot after an eight-month search.

Three utility entities associated with the development of nuclear energy in Georgia have received better rating outlooks from S&P Global Ratings.

Not-for-profit community hospitals are drawing scrutiny for questionable business practices.

William Glasgall of the Volcker Alliance talks about the future of mass transportation across the U.S. as federal pandemic aid nears an end. Thomas Nocera hosts. (21 minutes)

American Advanced Management signed a letter of intent for a lease-to-buy agreement for Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister.

The Tennessee Valley Authority has $19 billion of outstanding bonds and provides power to 10 million people.

Major bondholder Preston Hollow and the trustee for $86 million of debt sold for Mercy Iowa City in 2011 and 2018 pointed to default events.

Extreme temperatures affecting much of the United States add an additional challenge to hospitals still reeling from the pandemic.

Over the next few months, the state will be crafting regulations for a carbon emissions bill it hopes will provide an additional revenue source to help smooth some of the state's economic volatility.

The state, burdened with volatile revenue streams because of its dependence on natural resources, has lower ratings from Fitch, Moody's and S&P .

Energy-producing states are riding out oil and natural gas price swings that affect severance tax collections.

The bill will move onto the Senate in hopes of reaching President Biden's desk before the current Federal Aviation Administration authorization expires on Sept. 30.

The one-notch upgrade to AA reflects growth in Kansas Department of Transportation available fund balances and the state's improved credit quality, Fitch said.

Nonprofit assisted living and nursing home bonds continue to be under stress, with defaults and impairments on the rise.