Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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Questions from transit observers and advocates followed the announcement by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of its $51.5 billion capital program.
September 17 -
Public private partnerships for an airport, a commuter rail service, and student housing have gone sour in the Southwest.
September 16 -
The state will encounter budget gaps in the following two years, according to a new long-range revenue forecast.
September 13 -
Two incentive programs expired on July 1, and Gov. Phil Murphy vetoed a bill to extend them unchanged.
September 13 -
Accusations that the university violated a moral obligation in connection with bonds for a student housing P3 are false and defamatory, its attorney says.
September 11 -
Oklahoma’s economic expansion appears to be slowing, state Treasurer Randy McDaniel said.
September 10 -
Unless Congress acts, there will be $1 billion in automatic cuts to transit grants and $7.6 billion in highway aid reductions.
September 9 -
The law firm representing the trustee for a $250 million student housing complex accused the University of Oklahoma of predatory behavior.
September 9 -
A multiple-year recession and state leaders' failure to adequately address it led to the Fitch Ratings downgrade.
September 6 -
Gov. Gina Raimondo’s planned 20-year, $1 billion extension of a gambling technology contract with IGT sets off the state's latest bare-knuckle political fracas.
September 6 -
With its population and economy growing, Texas recorded record revenue in the fiscal year that ended Aug. 31, Comptroller Glenn Hegar reported.
September 5 -
The governor declared the $2.1 billion Mobile River project "dead” after it a local planning organization voted it down.
September 5 -
California's Legislative Analyst's Office wants state lawmakers to have a framework to evaluate cash borrowing proposals.
September 3 -
State Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg discusses a proposed millionaire’s tax, transportation funding, pension liabilities, the long-stalled Gateway project and other topics impacting New Jersey’s financial future. Andrew Coen hosts.
September 3 -
China's recently announced suspension of U.S. agricultural imports escalated trade-related risks to U.S. agriculture, said Fitch Ratings.
August 30 -
The budget battle between Republican lawmakers and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer looks no closer to being resolved by the Oct. 1 deadline.
August 29 -
The state's net position worsened to negative $189.1 billion according to the CAFR, which arrived almost 14 months after fiscal 2018 ended.
August 29 -
The director of the Kentucky Retirement Systems says the state has built in a risk margin to avoid an adverse effect on liabilities.
August 29 -
Washington's overall economic strength and strong pension funding position outweighed troubles at Boeing as Moody's upgraded the state to Aaa.
August 29 -
Even with a board vote just five weeks away, the proposed five-year capital program for New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is a big unknown.
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