Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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The bonds are part of a proposed settlement with the city's firefighters union that would need court approval.
June 12 -
Darren Olson of the American Society of Civil Engineers joins to discuss the importance of resilient infrastructure and the impact of federal funding on America's future.
June 11 -
With no change in rates expected, analysts are interested in the dot plot and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's press conference.
June 11 -
Even after paring down the capital plan, the MTA will need to issue debt, and sooner than planned. It will be issued under the MTA's transportation revenue credit rather than its congestion pricing credit, so near-term debt service costs will be higher, CEO Janno Lieber said.
June 11 -
Restoring tax-exempt advance-refunding remains a top legislative priority.
June 11 -
The use of unregistered municipal advisors in the public-private partnership sector can lead to unnecessarily expensive deals for cities and states, said SEC's Dave Sanchez.
June 11 -
Her abrupt suspension of the tolling plan for Lower Manhattan leaves a $15 billion hole in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's capital budget.
June 10 -
J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed Illinois' $53.1 billion fiscal year 2025 budget, which includes $198 million for the rainy day fund, among other things.
June 7 -
A $345 million taxable bond deal will support the public-private partnership arrangement that will upgrade the College Park campus district energy system.
June 7 -
A preliminary forecast showed the school's days cash on hand falling below the Board of Regents' 140 days minimum requirement for a third straight fiscal year.
June 7 -
Infrastructure projects no longer have to be included in a state's transportation plan to be eligible for a TIFIA loan.
June 6 -
The center, at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, added six people with municipal finance experience to its board of advisors.
June 6 -
Observers say the problems of KentuckyWired has lessons for all public-private partnerships.
June 6 -
Moody's Ratings analysts revised the outlook to stable from negative on the expectation that states and locals will fill an $8 billion operations funding gap.
June 5 -
Legislative leaders want the Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs to weigh in on a plan to use bonds for a new stadium on their side of the state line.
June 5 -
It is not clear how the Metropolitan Transportation Authority would fund its capital plan if the governor puts the brakes on the toll plan for lower Manhattan.
June 5 -
It's one of the most controversial uses of tax-exempt debt, but repeated legislative efforts to eliminate it have failed.
June 5 -
Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón surprised incumbent Gov. Pedro Pierluisi in the New Progressive Party primary for governor.
June 4 -
The lawsuit filed in 2017 points to funding disparities when public school districts turn to local property taxes and bond issuance for capital funding.
June 4 -
Co-authors of a bill to authorize a tax measure seen as crucial to Bay Area transit killed it amid opposition from multiple quarters.
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