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The Chicago Transit Authority and the Port of Long Beach are among the first public agencies to sign the Equity in Infrastructure Project's pledge.

Joe Manchin, a key Democrat in the U.S. Senate, said he’s spoken to Michael Barr, President Joe Biden’s choice to be the U.S. Federal Reserve chief banking supervisor, and so far doesn’t see a problem with his nomination.

Municipal advisors are seeking more and better communication from regulators and enforcers, NAMA Executive Director Susan Gaffney says. Kyle Glazier hosts. (24 minutes)

The Treasury’s latest tax collection may preview how the shrinking of the Federal Reserve’s $9 trillion balance sheet, or quantitative tightening, will unfold for the markets and global liquidity.

Arizona governor Doug Ducey has standing to sue the U.S. Treasury, his office told a federal court, after the federal agency moved to dismiss a suit brought after it warned that federal pandemic funds shouldn’t be used to undermine federal mask and school mandates.

The new academic center housed at the University of Maryland is developing P3 industry standards and a peer exchange program for state infrastructure czars.

Nebraska is a pay-as-you-go state, which some say has stalled completion of its 600-mile expressway system.

“I would say that 50 basis points will be on the table for the May meeting,” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday.

The future is uncertain and population shifts may take decades, but city officials need to start preparing for climate-driven migration now, says a new report.

State and local governments are flush with cash and well-positioned to embrace the coming storm, experts say.