Politics

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy doubled down on cutting DEI and climate change related policies amid conjecture about federal funding levels.

The drinking and clean water state revolving fund programs and other water infrastructure programs are up for reauthorization this year.

Plano is the first of six Dallas Area Rapid Transit member cities to cancel a May 2 election to drop out of the agency, while others could follow suit.

A bill that would change the rules for handling natural disasters is stalled in Congress as county governments grapple with the Federal Emergency Management Agency's regulations.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said the central bank should focus on getting inflation to its 2% target before making any additional cuts to short-term interest rates.

Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said during an appearance Monday his decision on whether or not to support a cut to short-term interest rates depends on labor market indicators.

Jeff Lipton compares The Bond Buyer's 2026 Predictions Report to his outlook series.

Mamdani's first proposal showed the worst-case scenario to close New York City's budget gap. He wants the state's help.

The National League of Cities and the National Association of Counties are teaming up with several other local government agencies lobbying Congress over infrastructure funding.

In a blow to the President's economic agenda, the high court said the trade barriers could not stand.

Indiana's House Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved a plan to build a stadium to lure the National Football League's Chicago Bears.

Ballard has shuttered its decades-old public finance practice.

Financial advisory firm PFM is leveraging its modeling system Synario and partnering with DebtBook, a treasury market accounting software platform.

Iowa, Vermont, Wisconsin and the US Virgin Islands are among the least-friendly governments for P3 advocates.

The sprawling Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex served by three transit agencies could see more regionalization of services in the future.

The agency's Disaster Recovery Fund has a sufficient balance for the near term but a funding lapse will translate into longer response times to local and state governments, FEMA's associate administrator warned.

The Senate voted to disallow Washington D.C.'s attempt to decouple its tax policy from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as the city's mayor charts more budget challenges in the near future.

Experts looking at the oncoming effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act predict that states may have to raise taxes on the wealthy or corporations to compensate for rising Medicaid costs.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker resurrected a 2024 pension proposal that would increase the state's funding goal to 100% by 2048.

By an overwhelming bipartisan majority, the House advanced affordable housing legislation that includes a proposal that's expected to spur mortgage revenue bond issuance.