Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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It's the latest proposal for a type of national infrastructure financing structure in lieu of the municipal bond market.
September 6 -
Iowa has the largest number of poor bridges, followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois.
September 5 -
Chicago released a budget forecast that its corporate fund deficit will grow to $982.4 million in 2025 from $222.9 million at 2024's end.
September 5 -
Subsidence has delayed completion of the new Belle Chasse Bridge, a project led by one of the developers of the $2.3 billion Calcasieu Bridge project.
September 5 -
House Republicans are hoping to jam through a voter eligibility bill as part of the upcoming continuing resolution in order to avert a shutdown before Sept. 30.
September 4 -
Patrick Harker, the longest serving regional reserve bank president, will leave office in June 2025. Directors at the Fed bank have started the search for his replacement.
September 4 -
General fund revenue growth of only 1.1% in the fiscal year that ended Saturday, marks a continued slowdown since fiscal 2022's 26.4% increase.
September 4 -
California and Texas have received the most amount of federal investment to date, according to a pair of reports tracking the climate law's investments.
September 3 -
Rep. Steven Horsford will likely replace the late Rep. Bill Pascrell.
September 3 -
The Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation held steady at 2.6% for the third month in a row, a positive reading that increases the odds of a September rate cut.
August 30 -
A bill would allow the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank to issue debt for California's FAIR Plan, its property insurer of last resort.
August 30 -
The lawsuit contends a state law that punishes banks and others for "boycotting" the fossil fuel industry violates free speech provisions in the U.S. Constitution.
August 29 -
Initiatives planned for the Nov. 5 ballot raised concerns in the state's municipal bond market over higher borrowing costs and litigation.
August 29 -
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed into law a package of bills that includes caps on spending authority for local cities and counties.
August 28 -
The House bill supported by the coalition would allow municipal bond holders to transfer the securities to the bank in exchange for stock.
August 28 -
Redeveloping the RFK stadium site could spur public finance of a multi-use project.
August 27 -
Up to $2.065 billion of taxable notes could be issued to finance termination of a public-private partnership that built a toll lane project in Harris County.
August 23 -
Nevada law currently bans privately financed toll roads, but there is precedent for exemptions.
August 23 -
Committee Chair Sherrod Brown is facing a tough election.
August 23 -
The rating agency estimated the cost of college and university capital needs at $750 billion to $950 billion over the next decade.
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