Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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The MTA, which expected to begin collecting the tax next year, has revised downward its 2024 projections as federal review is taking longer than expected.
March 20 -
Among the record number of bills filed in the biennial session are bills aiming to restrict or expand municipal bond issuance.
March 20 -
Governments across the Northeast announced support for emerging industries affected by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
March 17 -
The watchdog would have the power to subpoena data from oil companies.
March 17 -
President Biden's budget would allow large transit agencies to divert formula capital grants to operations in 2024, a move that one transit official said may hurt smaller agencies.
March 16 -
Illinois earlier this week saw its second upgrade of the year and Gov. J.B. Pritzker suggested an uptick in revenue projections could provide room to further bolster fiscal metrics that helped draw the upgrade.
March 16 -
The Texas Education Agency, which initially sought the takeover in 2019, will appoint managers to run the state's largest public school system.
March 16 -
The port authority cancelled the proposed $2.3 billion line following the release of a state-backed project evaluation.
March 15 -
So far 12 states have enacted ESG statutes with 67 pending statues in 28 states, according to the Morgan Lewis law firm. Florida's anti-ESG bill goes farthest.
March 15 -
Moody's Investors joined S&P Global Ratings in lifting the state into the A category with a single notch upgrade to A3 Tuesday.
March 14 -
Gov. Phil Murphy announced funding for programs to address short-term liquidity issues and keep investments flowing in the wake of the bank's collapse.
March 14 -
A new report lays out motor fuel, sales, and miles-traveled tax options to fix Michigan roads, saying the state is falling almost $4 billion behind every year.
March 14 -
The legislation, which passed the House last week, comes as the state nears a key 2026 decarbonization deadline.
March 14 -
The Federal Reserve's top regulator will examine what steps the central bank took to mitigate risks at the bank before its failure last week.
March 13 -
The transportation revenue bond sale comes as legislative work on a new budget package is ramping up with the GOP expected to craft its own operating and capital spending plans.
March 13 -
In partnership with the three-state Southern Rail Commission, Amtrak wants to study a new link connecting Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
March 13 -
The Uinta Basin railway is asking the DOT to authorize up to $2 billion of PABs for the project, which would move oil to market from northeast Utah.
March 13 -
President Joe Biden said that deposits at U.S. banks are safe following swift action from his administration's bank regulators.
March 13 -
The Treasury Department issued a "systemic risk exception" allowing it to cover uninsured deposits at SVB and Signature Bank, which New York State closed on Sunday.
March 12 -
The Australian toll road operator couldn't agree on terms with the state for the first phase of the project, which has been dogged by controversy and delays from the start.
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