Dedicated funding offers one solution for transit agencies facing a much-hyped looming fiscal crisis amid weak ridership and dwindling federal subsidies. That’s the view of transit expert Joshua Schank, a managing principal at InfraStrategies and formerly chief innovation officer of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. “We can’t continue down the same path and
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According to the recent complaint by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Bittrex, the securities regulator insists that a few crypto asset tokens were offered and sold as investment contracts and are securities. The news follows the SEC’s designation of several crypto assets as securities, including the case against Terraform Labs, which insists
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Patrick McHenry, chair of the United States House Financial Services Committee, jumped right into criticism of the Securities and Exchange Commission and its leadership over digital assets at an oversight hearing.  In an April 18 hearing on oversight of the SEC, Representative McHenry used his opening statement to bring up the commission’s “punishing” of digital
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People in Sweden are feeling the effects of high inflation and tumbling house prices. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / Contributor / Getty Images The Swedish government is now predicting a deeper than expected GDP contraction in 2023, according to data released Monday, worsening an already gloomy outlook for the country’s economy. Sweden’s Ministry of Finance estimated in
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Massachusetts’ House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a $659 million tax cut package, handing off to the Senate one of the largest tax cut proposals in state history. In a 150–3 vote, the Democratic-majority House approved a $659 million proposal introduced by Rep. Ronald Mariano last week, a package in line with, but notably smaller, than
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A Puerto Rico municipal bond paid by a private company will default on June 1, two rating agencies expect. Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings have both predicted in reports issued in the past month that AES Puerto Rico L.P. will default on its cogeneration facility revenue 2000 Series A bonds payment due June 1.
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