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Analysts say states can avoid short-term issues as a result of strong reserves but some may face challenges over the longer term.

Spaceports should have the same access to tax-exempt financing as airports and seaports, supporters say.

Indiana saw a tax revenue windfall in January, with general fund revenues coming in 15.8% above last January's number and 9.3% above December's projections.

Six financial institutions may be placed on West Virginia's restricted list if they are found "boycott" the fossil fuel industry, Riley Moore said.

FEMA, state and cities have been in a dispute over federal funding locals say was promised to place homeless people in hotels after the pandemic struck. Officials say the recent outlay doesn't cover the disputed time frame.

A new tax on corporations would create a dedicated revenue stream for commuter rail and bus operator NJ Transit under New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy's budget plan.

In addition to repowering the nuclear plant, the Palisades owner wants to build a pair of new small modular reactors, which would mark another first in the U.S.

The elimination of the 4.5% tax will cost the state about $400 million annually.

The nearly $5 billion I-35 expansion has sparked a lawsuit from residents saying it would exacerbate the interstate's historic role as a racial dividing line.

An off year from municipal bond issuers in the Northeast in 2023 pulled the national volume numbers into negative territory.

The state has tapped JP Morgan and Wells Fargo as managers of the deal.

"This bill is aimed at providing more economic opportunity for our cash-strapped airports," said bill sponsor Rep. Chip Brown before the House passed it 98-2.

New laws, fines and agencies leveraging AI are poised to impact the munis industry throughout 2024.

Recent hires shows an agency looking for answers as it tackles major initiatives.

The potential federal funding "offers the best opportunity to begin to pay bond debt," the museum's CEO told bondholders.

Children were the organizing principle of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's sixth State of the State and budget address Wednesday, which called for a balanced budget.

The funds will go through State Drinking Water and Clean Water Revolving Funds, which states often use together with municipal bonds to finance projects.

The Federal Railroad Administration plans to make formal recommendations to Congress this spring.

Robert Poole, a leading expert in the U.S. public-private partnership transportation sector, joins infrastructure reporter Caitlin Devitt to talk about upcoming deals including toll lanes and bridges in the Southeast and high speed rail in the West as well as states that are advancing P3s and action on the federal front. (37 minutes)

Expanded domestic purchasing requirements under the infrastructure law are well-intended but confusing and costly, state transportation and construction groups say.