Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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A forecast anticipates an additional $1.2 billion in revenues for the upcoming fiscal year.
March 30 -
For a third spending cycle in a row, there was tension over funding for the Kentucky Wired public private partnership deal.
March 30 -
A new law in empowers Utah to keep an eye on debt issuance by newer development authorities and a transit agency, as well as approve P3s involving state funds.
March 29 -
Even deals that go bankrupt can be seen as successes in the U.S. P3 market, which may face an "inflection point" with the new infrastructure law.
March 25 -
Illinois lawmakers are advancing a bill that allocates $2.7 billion of the state's ARPA relief to pay down a $4.5 billion federal unemployment insurance loan.
March 24 -
Senate Banking Chair Sherrod Brown said Thursday he expects a Senate vote next week to confirm President Biden’s Federal Reserve nominees, though the timing may be affected by GOP opposition to Lisa Cook, who would be the first Black woman on the Board of Governors.
March 24 -
Gov. Phil Murphy proposes to make an additional $1.3 billion deposit into the state’s Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund.
March 24 -
A large portion of Long Beach's downtown has been reshaped using public-private partnerships that delivered a new state courthouse and a city civic center.
March 24 -
The state under transportation secretary Shawn Wilson is gaining a national reputation for pursuing P3s for tolled bridge replacements.
March 23 -
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is a "trailblazer" in public-private partnerships, and P3 investors hope to see more action in U.S. airports.
March 21 -
The state's workaround to the cap on state and local tax deductions in the 2017 federal tax law might be artificially elevating the figures.
March 18 -
Florida's economy is stabilizing from the COVID-19 pandemic, but nature and man may bring other threats to its recovery.
March 16 - AB - Policy & Regulation
Sarah Bloom Raskin, whose views on the role of climate risk in bank supervision angered Republicans, said she has taken herself out of the running so the gridlocked Senate Banking Committee could move forward with the Biden administration’s other nominees to the Federal Reserve Board.
March 15 -
The IRS has entered into a closing agreement with the City of Alpharetta following its VCAP request stemming from the sale of a bond-financed conference center.
March 14 -
Thirty states would have been affected by the plan to claw back $8 billion in unspent ARPA funds to offset the FY22 appropriation.
March 9 -
“Many states are reporting revenue surpluses and rebounding economies, in part as a result of federal aid to state governments.”
March 7 -
The White House is rejecting Republican demands to split up its nominees to the Federal Reserve, with President Biden’s spokeswoman telling GOP lawmakers to show up and vote no on Sarah Bloom Raskin rather than further stalling consideration.
March 4 -
The low-interest federal loans will complete financing packages for Virginia's express lane extension outside Washington D.C. and Maryland’s Purple Line light rail project.
March 4 -
Senate Democrats insist the GOP's boycott of President Biden's picks for the Federal Reserve is interfering with the central bank's handling of an economic crisis. But GOP lawmakers say the Fed is functioning fine and their concerns about nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin are material.
March 3 -
Lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee clashed over the stalled nominations of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and four others Wednesday. It was a prelude to the fireworks that could occur Thursday when Powell is scheduled to testify before the Senate Banking Committee.
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