Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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Illinois raised its fiscal 2023 revenue estimates by $3.69 billion, giving Gov. J.B. Pritzker enough to propose doubling the state's $1 billion rainy day fund.
November 15 -
As issuers continue to discover new ways to unlock infrastructure funding, out-of-the box thinking may win the day.
November 15 -
Nixon Peabody attorney Roderick Devlin joins Caitlin Devitt to talk about asset recycling, a niche market in the public-private partnership world. Devlin explains what asset recycling is — and is not — as well as the sector's state of play in the U.S. and where it might be headed. (32 minutes)
November 15 -
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides billions in grants for state and local governments. The challenge now is how quickly and effectively they can spend it amid an inflation–fueled rising–rate environment.
November 14 -
Utah's first debt affordability study said while pay-as-you-go funding for capital projects is preferred, an economic downturn could lead to more debt issuance.
November 2 -
Jared Polis' $42.7 billion all-funds spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1 includes a $16.7 billion general fund with a $2.174 billion reserve.
November 2 -
The state school in Ypsilanti is responding to declining enrollment with a student housing makeover financed through a public-private partnership.
November 1 -
American Rescue Plan Act dollars amounted to around 22% of states' annual general fund budgets, according to a court filing from a trio of southern states fighting ARPA's restriction on tax cuts.
October 26 -
In a letter to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, the chair of the Senate Banking Committee warned that the Fed was in danger of going too far in its efforts to tame inflation.
October 25 -
The operator of the South Terminal said it expects to prove hundreds of millions of dollars in damages caused by the city of Austin's "unlawful actions."
October 21