Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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Tim Walz's proposed budget offers a mix of additional spending, tax cuts, new bonds, and an early payoff of bonds issued for the NFL Vikings' stadium.
January 31 -
Maine voters are likely to face measures for a public power takeover of investor-owned utilities, and a debt measure designed to complicate that plan.
January 30 -
The lawsuit comes as higher education energy concessions have become one of the most active spaces in the P3 market.
January 30 -
The popularity of Arizona's universal school choice program, which pays for private schools, brought higher-than-projected costs and future budget impact.
January 30 -
Analysts opine on the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, how high interest rates will go and when the first cut may happen.
January 30 -
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the only solution to avoid a U.S. default crisis is for Congress to increase the federal debt limit, avoiding engaging with other proposed stopgap measures including short-term extensions or spending cuts.
January 27 -
Kelly has twice introduced legislation to broaden private activity bonds.
January 27 -
Attorney general William Tong gave the legal stamp of approval to a high profile public-private partnership that came under fire for cost overruns.
January 27 -
Raising money by participating in carbon credit markets and carbon sequestration schemes would ease Alaska's revenue dependence on oil, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said.
January 26 -
The contract is for 10 years.
January 25 -
By an almost four-to-one margin, voters approved a charter amendment requiring voter approval to transfer ownership of the county's airport, seaport or tollway.
January 25 -
Biennial budget bills filed by the Texas House and Senate include $15 billion in property tax cuts amid a projected $32.7 billion surplus.
January 25 -
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard is a top contender to become the head of the White House's National Economic Council, according to people familiar with the deliberations.
January 25 -
Roger Millar, AASHTO's new president and chief of Washington's Department of Transportation, joins Caitlin Devitt to talk about the rollout of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, how a tight labor market and inflation are impacting capital plans, what a divided Congress means for transportation and an update on the Pacific Northwest's high speed rail project. (24 minutes)
January 24 -
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen advised Congress that her department is deploying an additional accounting maneuver to avert breaching the federal debt limit.
January 24 -
The latest definition of federal waters includes roadside ditches, which some industry groups say will make transportation projects more costly and time-consuming.
January 24 -
The Federal Reserve's quantitative-tightening program risks being propelled toward an early end as U.S. politicians bicker in Washington over raising the national debt limit, according to some economists and bond market participants.
January 24 -
Newly-elected Gov. Josh Green outlined the proposals during his State of the State speech on Monday.
January 24 -
Rising interest rates, market volatility and the loss of business and revenue top the public finance industry's concerns for 2023.
January 24 -
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an opinion that blocks Treasury from enforcing the "tax cut ban" against 13 states.
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