Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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The state's latest highway toll proposal, for heavy trucks only, spawned partisan bickering over whether bond-bill language could lead to tolls on cars.
February 4 -
If the new projections bear out Wisconsin would bolster cash and reserve balances while trimming a longstanding GAAP deficit
February 4 -
Private sector involvement will fuel timely completion of a large-scale overhaul of John F. Kennedy International Airport, according to head of the multibillion-dollar modernization project.
February 4 -
After lawmakers reversed course on a plan to lower income taxes while taxing grocery-store food, triple-A Utah will sell $450 million of GO bonds.
February 3 -
Gov. Andy Beshear is calling for a 1.8% increase in state spending for fiscal 2021, a plan that relies on sin taxes and sports betting revenue.
January 31 -
The Massachusetts senator took aim at certain views expressed by Judy Shelton, a Trump administration pick to sit on the Federal Reserve Board, that have sparked controversy.
January 31 -
The state would issue the state trunkline fund bonds over the next four years to add and expand 122 major new projects.
January 30 -
Since the Great Recession, many states have almost doubled their reserve levels.
January 30 -
The market awaits Gov. J.B. Pritzker's fiscal 2021 budget proposal next month before turning to November's progressive income tax vote.
January 29 -
State cuts to Medicaid reimbursement could cost New York City up to $1.1 billion.
January 29 -
Governance structure and new emphasis points are in play as Massachusetts lawmakers weigh extending the MBTA oversight panel.
January 29 -
Faced with falling enrollment at its state universities, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham wants to spend more money on college students.
January 27 -
The state will use $300 million of surplus funds to pay for capital projects at university campuses.
January 24 -
The New York City Housing Development Corp. plans to issue $375 million of housing impact bonds, a new category of sustainable development bonds.
January 24 -
Andy Byford’s departure as MTA New York City Transit president rekindled questions about governance at one of the world’s largest mass transit agencies.
January 24 -
Maine Gov. Janet Mills used her first State of the State address Tuesday to push a borrowing plan for land conservation rejected by the legislature last year.
January 23 -
Andy Byford's resignation ends a two-year run marked by innovation and controversy.
January 23 -
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's $44.6 billion budget proposal includes $217 million more for the Boston-centric MBTA and other agencies, on top of his $18 billion bond bill.
January 23 -
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly's $7.8 billion budget calls for an extension of pension obligations while paying down other debt and boosting reserves.
January 22 -
Gov. Henry McMaster wants to sell the state-owned utility after its nuclear project debacle; a report to lawmakers on bids for Santee Cooper has been delayed.
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