The Great Recession may be over, but fiscal issues in many states are still dire. Public officials at every level of government are also struggling to meet budgets that have not expanded in years. Even after seven years of recovery efforts, more than 20 states still collect less tax revenue than they did prior to […]
It took eight long years, but stable, moderate spending and revenue growth in most state budgets have returned to the level prior to the Great Recession. A report from the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) this week notes that state budgets for Fiscal Year 2016 as a whole have finally returned to their […]
A $7.1 billion bill reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was passed by the U.S. Senate today and is now headed for debate in the House. The bill would expire at the end of Fiscal Year 2017, only 18 months from now. One of the many provisions in the Senate version of the bill would […]
What’s good for the state should be good for the county! At least that’s what officials of Northampton County (Penn.) and the county’s General Purpose Authority are hoping. Taking a page out of the successful public-private partnership (P3) playbook of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Northampton County and the Authority have issued a request […]
The PennDOT Office of Public-Private Partnerships has announced that it will accept unsolicited proposals from the private sector through April 30 for transportation projects on PennDOT-owned projects and infrastructure throughout the state.
Three years after passage by Texas legislators of a narrowly focused bill, a Gulf Coast state college is taking advantage of that legislation – and a public-private partnership (P3) – to build campus housing. Lamar State College-Port Arthur (LSCPA) recently announced an agreement with a developer for construction of a $6.6 million campus housing complex for […]
After failed attempts in both 2014 and 2015, the Kentucky public-private partnerships (P3) bill is inching toward passage. The Kentucky House on Thursday approved House Bill 309, which would allow collaborative efforts between state and local governments and the private sector for major public projects and services as well as some qualifying transportation projects. The Kentucky P3 […]