The end is near for a 52-year public-private partnership that built a managed lanes toll road project in the Houston area, with the Texas Department of Transportation announcing Friday the state intends to take over the project’s operation in October. The move came after financing for the P3 termination was cleared Thursday by the Texas

Nevada would get its first toll road under a public-private partnership floated by the city of Sparks. State lawmakers would need to approve the move, as Nevada law currently bans fees on roads that are part of P3s. The city manager of Sparks, located just east of Reno, has proposed a 13-mile toll road that

The Warren County Board of Education in Kentucky approved issuance of $87 million in general obligation bonds last week. These will be among the first GO bonds issued by a Kentucky school district since the state government passed a law allowing them to sell GOs in April, to give school districts a method to address

Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman.Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg Federal Reserve Board Gov. Michelle Bowman said Tuesday she is not quite ready to sign off on an interest rate cut at next month’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting. In a speech delivered to the Alaska Bankers Association, Bowman said price growth continues to be “uncomfortably” high, adding that

A default on debt issued by a Texas town struggling with water scarcity led to multi-notch downgrades into junk by S&P Global Ratings and heightened concern about the impact of climate change on public finance.  Clyde, a city of less than 4,000 in central Texas, failed to make debt service payments due Aug. 1 on

Nine public and private Chicago-area firms Friday joined the Equity in Infrastructure Project to hire more historically underserved firms for capital projects. The firms include the Illinois Tollway, Regional Transportation Authority and Metra, whose infrastructure programs together total tens of billions. They joined leaders of private firms like Loop Capital Chairman and CEO Jim Reynolds;

The Louisiana State Bond Commission approved up to $1 billion of gas and fuel tax bonds, $175 million of sewer revenue bonds, and $100 million of New Orleans port bonds Thursday. The refunding of state gas and fuel tax bonds will feature a tender offer to holders of $750 million first-lien bonds and holders of