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Federal officials are pushing for reauthorization while cities tout their planning.

The American High-Speed Rail Act has seen "some initial interest from Republican lawmakers – I'm working hard to get them on board too," said bill sponsor Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass.

The relative health of state treasuries was an area of interest at the National Association of State Treasurers legislative conference.

California's Inglewood Transit Connector Project, Chicago's Red Line extension, New York-New Jersey's Hudson Tunnel and the Second Avenue subway would all win funds under the spending proposal.

The new SEC climate rule does not apply directly to municipal issuers but they may very well be on the hook for violating SEC antifraud provisions if they don't disclose those risks defined in the new rules.

States and local governments can use the funds to hire advisors to consider alternative delivery models for transportation projects.

"Cry me a river, Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., told officials testifying about grant funding problems in the infrastructure law. "You guys have never had it so good."

Sam Graves' term leading the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is up but he is looking to stay on.

According to FINRA, the mispricing resulted in customer harm amounting to $44,927.83, on top of the $90,000 fine.

In President Biden's State of the Union address, he touted the progress he's made on raising corporate taxes while setting up a larger battle for further increases as Trump era cuts are set to expire.