Trends in the Regions

New leadership and private capital are part of the strategy to push the high-speed rail project to its overdue completion.

Florida counties are facing off against a PACE bond-issuing agency over whether they must collect taxes that would back up to $5 billion in approved bonds.

Chicago will fund new infrastructure for The 78, the mixed-use development around the new Chicago Fire soccer stadium, after the City Council advanced the deal.

The Texas city's $943.9 million airport revenue bond issue will provide long-term financing for an expansion plan and refund some outstanding debt.

The deal funds the municipalization of a private water utility that had been controlled by investor-owned utility Eversource.

Despite some struggling projects, student housing P3 deals that hit the primary market this year have enjoyed oversubscribed demand.

The district is planning to bring $1.17 billion of revenue bonds to the market next week.

Milwaukee is considering a bond-financed municipalization of its electric utility, which is currently run by investor-owned We Energies.

Increased use and size of the economic development tool led to the exemption of about $1.1 billion in property taxes between 2010 and 2024.

Construction delays and slowing international air traffic pushed rating agencies to change the outlook to negative on JFK's New Terminal One.

The state's voters will be weighing more than a dozen statewide bond and tax measures come November.

Charter school bonds are defaulting or becoming impaired at a higher rate than any other sector, data show.

Financial markets have embraced prediction markets as a mainstream crowdsourced provider of real-time probability signals and risk-hedging tools.

Some Southwest states and local governments are reassessing data center developments amid public backlash and litigation against the proliferating projects.

Puerto Rico's debt and budget situations have improved but its political culture and economic trajectory haven't, many observers say.

Illinois-based Bernardi Securities released an Environmental Risk Index that gauges relative environmental risk within municipal bond portfolios.

The city council in August will consider placing $500 million of pension obligation bonds on the Nov. 3 ballot for its police and fire retirement system.

The Museum of Modern Art's "preeminent" reputation has powered the New York City institution's finances. It may have boosted its municipal bond sale last week.

While California has improved the timeliness of its audited comprehensive financial reports, Nevada continues to struggle.

The city plans to sell $110 million of bonds this summer to cover operating expenses for the rest of the year.