Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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The toll road operator parters with three international investors to sell half of its U.S. express lane assets in Northern Virginia while eyeing additional highway projects around nation's capital, including a Maryland P3.
December 18 -
Joe Torsella still advised that such a move to backstop the commonwealth's two largest public retirement funds is no panacea.
December 15 -
The LBJ Infrastructure Group, operator of managed lanes on a Dallas highway, will sell $1.2 billion of bonds through a conduit issuer.
December 14 -
The Empire State's general obligation bonds revised to negative from stable by rating agency due to heightened budget risks.
December 11 -
Hawaii's governor announced that state employees would be furloughed two days a month; the state sold $750 million of GO bonds in October to fund operations.
December 10 -
The Department of Justice filed a federal complaint alleging conditions at Alabama prisons violate the constitution, as the state continues to negotiate public-private partnerships to build three lockups.
December 10 -
The state will use debt service savings from the refunding side of the deal for near-term budget relief; the deal includes its first taxable refunding bonds.
December 9 -
Task forces studying three proposed toll road projects failed to conclude if there is a need for the new corridors or modifications of existing roads.
December 9 -
MDOT will pay $250 million in the settlement, but answers to financial questions, including whether more bonding will be needed, have not been revealed.
December 3 -
For the seventh time in 2020, monthly sales tax revenues in November were below the same month in 2019.
December 2 -
Forecasters now expect a $641 million surplus this year and a much smaller than previously projected $1.3 billion gap in the next two-year budget cycle.
December 2 -
The university will begin its two-day retail order period Friday.
December 2 -
The Pine Tree State is positioned to withstand revenue uncertainties stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to healthy reserves, according to analysts.
December 1 -
Modest revenue growth is projected over the course of the biennium that begins July 1, but “unprecedented volatility” because of the pandemic remains a concern.
December 1 -
The Regional Transportation District will issue $340 million for Denver Transit Partners, the concessionaire of three Denver-area commuter rail lines for RTD.
November 30 -
The incoming administration chose a battle-tested policymaker who can draw on her nearly two decades at the Fed to help rebuild an economy still struggling from the coronavirus pandemic.
November 30 -
Lawmakers choose a scoop-and-toss move despite calls for better targeting of the federal funds.
November 24 -
State spending grew 7.8% to cover the expenses of battling COVID-19.
November 23 -
As gridlock grips the federal government, Colorado is hoping to shield citizens and businesses from worsening pandemic impact.
November 23 -
The election defeat of House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello changes the Ocean State's political playing field as it faces a $275 million deficit.
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