Month: November 2024

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to replace the AirTrain system at Newark International Airport, and project costs are skyrocketing.Bloomberg News Newark Liberty International Airport’s long-awaited train system has blown past its budget by $1.45 billion to $3.5 billion. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey voted Thursday to

Santa Barbara, California, will tap the municipal bond market this week, largely to fund a new police headquarters.Adobe Stock One of Southern California’s wealthy cities is tapping the municipal bond market to build a new police station and renovate an oceanfront park.  Santa Barbara — where the median home sells for roughly $2 million —

The Biden administration will continue to allocate transportation grant funds in its few remaining months before leaving office, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said. Bloomberg News The Biden administration marked Friday’s third anniversary of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act by announcing $3.4 billion in fresh grants and pledging to keep the money flowing in the

Chicago’s City Hall. The City Council on Thursday soundly rejected Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed property tax increase, part of an effort to close a yawning fiscal 2025 budget gap.Adobe Stock The Chicago City Council delivered a strong rebuke of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s fiscal 2025 budget on Thursday, voting down a proposed $300 million property tax

 ”I have been laser focused on ensuring that the jobs created by this project go first and foremost to district residents,” said D.C. at-large, Councilman Kenyan McDuffie, “and that district-based companies receive the bulk of the contracts associated with this project.”  D.C. City Council The bond-financed renovation of Capital One Arena in downtown Washington D.C. is

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green toured the scene of Maui wildfires in August 2023. The disaster slowed visitor growth, rating analysts said.Hawaii Governor’s Office Hawaii will head to market in early December with double-A category ratings affirmed as it prices $750 million of taxable general obligation bonds in a negotiated deal. Recovery of tourism, pivotal to

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20321862/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Triple-A yield curves were little changed Friday ahead of an $8.4 billion new-issue calendar while U.S. Treasuries saw small losses across the curve and equities were in the red as mixed economic data, hawkish Fedspeak and major announcements on how President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration may take form hangs

Dallas Police Department officers in 2022. Moody’s Ratings said the negative rating outlook for Dallas reflects the expected credit impact of voter-approved Proposition U, including reducing the city’s fiscal flexibility and boosting the Police and Fire Pension System’s liability by increasing police starting salaries and the number of officers.Bloomberg News Voter approval of a Dallas

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20306565/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were narrowly mixed Thursday as U.S. Treasuries saw losses up front and gains out long and equities ended down. Municipal yields, while bumped or cut up to three basis points, depending on the scale, have had a relatively quiet week following the volatility post-election. However, “volatility will likely

“We are going to be the very first state in the nation, the very first city in America, to have a congestion pricing plan,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said.Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of the Governor New York now has a start date for congestion pricing, the long-awaited, much-delayed toll that will help fund