Trends in the Regions

Longer-term bonds could ease financial pressure for Sound Transit's $54 billion long-range plans.

A Senate bill would introduce public-private partnerships for transportation projects, while another would transfer ownership of roads to localities.

An Indiana bill would address some concerns that were raised around 2025's Senate Enrolled Act 1, which created questions about local government credit quality.

The push for a Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing loan comes as opponents call for a full review of the railway over concerns about oil spills.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's ability to finish projects on budget will become more crucial as federal, state and economic pressures mount. 

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy proposed a statewide sales tax as part of his plan to deal with a budget deficit brought on by declining oil revenues.

The governor, in the final year of his term, asked lawmakers to approve reforms that would fix the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority's balance sheet.

Hamilton City Schools blames state funding formula changes and property tax reforms for a fiscal emergency that has prompted school closures and deep cuts.

After Ken Paxton's opinion said giving preferences based on sex or race is unconstitutional, his office set a new certification requirement for bond issuers.

The bill was introduced by a state senator whose district includes a county that is struggling to roll over a privately placed tax anticipation note.

The Coast Guard endorsed an elevated fixed span to replace the Interstate 5 lift bridge linking Oregon and Washington over the Columbia River.

Major cuts to property tax revenue could push cities and counties to turn to less stable forms of revenue like sales taxes, analysts say.

Governors plan to cut taxes and expand school vouchers across many of the Midwest's Republican-led states in fiscal year 2027.

The state's Democratic governor and Republican-controlled legislature are at odds over how much to conform with federal tax changes enacted last year.

The measure would fund 40,000-plus homes to address the state's persistent supply gap, supporters say. Time is tight to qualify it for the June election.

State revenues were down 0.7% in the first six months of the fiscal year compared to a year earlier.

Moody's Ratings warned some states face credit risk after the Trump administration froze $10 billion of funding to five blue states.

The second-largest public school system in Texas could ask voters to approve as much as $6.24 billion of bond authorization as soon as in May.

New York's governor and mayor called Manhattan's cordon toll a success on its first anniversary, but congestion pricing has not cleared all legal hurdles.

Los Angeles plans to price $86 million in bonds off its Proposition HHH bond measure, closing out the $1.2 billion GO authorization from 2016.