Politics

More than 1,000 Rhode Island jobs are riding on a proposed 20-year, $1 billion gambling contract extension, the governor said.

After spearheading large capital projects at New York State’s nonprofit entities, Dr. Gerrard Bushell is set to tackle a $7 billion infrastructure initiative at one of the world’s major airports.

Bipartisan legislation to streamline TIFIA has been introduced in Congress by two Texans.

States and cities have begun to factor climate risk into budgetary and other planning.

Moody's Investors Service changed its outlook to positive on the state's Aa3 general obligation rating after Louisiana estimated a $500 million surplus.

Michigan is more vulnerable because of its higher exposure to the auto manufacturer relative to other U.S. states, said Moody's Investors Service.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham unveiled the free-tuition plan amid declining enrollment at the state's universities.

Questions from transit observers and advocates followed the announcement by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of its $51.5 billion capital program.

Public private partnerships for an airport, a commuter rail service, and student housing have gone sour in the Southwest.

The state will encounter budget gaps in the following two years, according to a new long-range revenue forecast.

Two incentive programs expired on July 1, and Gov. Phil Murphy vetoed a bill to extend them unchanged.

Accusations that the university violated a moral obligation in connection with bonds for a student housing P3 are false and defamatory, its attorney says.

Oklahoma’s economic expansion appears to be slowing, state Treasurer Randy McDaniel said.

Unless Congress acts, there will be $1 billion in automatic cuts to transit grants and $7.6 billion in highway aid reductions.

The law firm representing the trustee for a $250 million student housing complex accused the University of Oklahoma of predatory behavior.

A multiple-year recession and state leaders' failure to adequately address it led to the Fitch Ratings downgrade.

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.

With its population and economy growing, Texas recorded record revenue in the fiscal year that ended Aug. 31, Comptroller Glenn Hegar reported.

The governor declared the $2.1 billion Mobile River project "dead” after it a local planning organization voted it down.

California's Legislative Analyst's Office wants state lawmakers to have a framework to evaluate cash borrowing proposals.