DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — University of New Hampshire officials say the school's new involvement with a $111 million public-private partnership could advance the region's manufacturing sector

HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu's mayor and the city's rail chief met to work on solutions to their differences concerning the ongoing construction of Honolulu's massive rail line project.

HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu's mayor announced the city plans to withdraw from its part in establishing a public-private partnership for the final stretch of the city’s $9.2 billion rail...

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — Maryland's Prince George’s County could soon be the nation's first school system to fund construction of several new schools by using a public-private...

DENVER (AP) — Colorado is increasing its public-private partnerships to ramp up the state’s coronavirus testing, Gov. Jared Polis said Thursday, bemoaning the lack of a national testing strategy...

HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu should expect an $80 million tax revenue shortfall for the city's $9.2 billion rail transit project because of the coronavirus outbreak, officials said.

HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Navy has announced plans for a major housing and commercial development near its Pearl Harbor base in Hawaii.

The Navy envisions a public-private partnership near a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump announces public-private partnership to increase national coronavirus testing capabilities.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire has been chosen as the site of a new public-private partnership focused on biotechnology.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is launching...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland board has approved changes in a public-private partnership to add toll lanes to the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An eastern Utah economic development group has selected an investment firm for a public-private partnership to finance and build a proposed rail line to provide freight...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Ned Lamont says he's had "very preliminary" conversations with private investors who might help develop a proposed electronic highway tolling system in...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon voters pass measure to allow governments to use affordable housing bond dollars for public-private partnerships.

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Big Island officials are working on a public-private partnership to create a viewing platform for people to see the new fissure and lava from the Kilauea volcano eruption.

West Hawaii Today reports the Hawaii County administration outlined plans Tuesday to construct the platform and a short trail near Lava Tree State Monument.

Summary of recent Kentucky newspaper editorials:

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Sept. 28

The Lexington Herald-Leader on KentuckyWired:

In one of state government's first big public-private partnerships — former Gov. Steve Beshear's laudable but fumbled effort to bring high-speed internet to all of Kentucky — the public was — how should we put this? — fleeced, rolled and taken to the cleaners by its private partners.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico has tentatively chosen Tesla as one of 13 companies it might form public-private partnerships with as it rebuilds from Hurricane Maria.

Officials said Friday that the projects include creating an energy storage system, modernizing the island's water and sewer meters and updating a ferry transportation system.

The other firms that were short-listed include PowerSecure Inc., a U.S.-based company, and SUEZ, a Paris-based utilities company.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — Members of a congressional panel are getting ready to visit the recently revitalized city of Hot Springs after a public-private partnership worked to boost its economy.

The House Natural Resources Committee on Sept. 17 will travel to the city that for decades was a premier resort destination because of its thermal springs, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.

EWING, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday signed legislation making it easier for government agencies to enter into public-private partnerships.

The first-term Democrat signed the bill in Ewing on the campus of The College of New Jersey, which has a town center built through such a partnership.

Murphy said the legislation will help boost the state's economy and called it a "big deal."

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A public-private partnership that supports wildlife habitat restoration in the Great Lakes region has awarded $6.6 million to 25 projects.

The grants come from Sustain Our Great Lakes, a program funded by federal agencies and the steel and mining company ArcelorMittal.

Recipients agreed to provide $8.2 million in matching funds.

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — The Legislative Services Office says it would be better to pay for the rebuilding of the University of Wyoming's aging dormitories with state funding rather than a public-private partnership.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The operator of the Los Angeles Convention Center is proposing a $1.2 billion expansion that would involve a public-private partnership and add hundreds of downtown hotel rooms.

Entertainment giant Anschutz Entertainment Group sent LA officials a letter Monday outlining the proposal, which would require city tax incentives.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A public-private partnership is offering matching grants of up to $3,000 each to support tree-planting projects around Michigan.

The program is operated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, a nonprofit group called ReLeaf Michigan, and the DTE Energy Foundation, which provides the funding. It will distribute $70,000 in grants in 2018.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has announced a public-private partnership to help improve water quality and fight flooding in the Cedar River watershed in southern Minnesota.

It's a collaboration among the department and CFS Cooperative, Land O'Lakes, Hormel Foods, the Environmental Initiative and the Mower County Soil and Water Conservation District. It follows an agreement signed by Gov. Mark Dayton and Land O'Lakes in 2016.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock has appointed a 12-member volunteer commission tasked with developing a diversified revenue stream to support Montana's state parks, including possible public-private partnerships.

The Montana Parks in Focus commission is scheduled to hold four public hearings around the state this year. The committee is being asked to deliver an initial assessment in June and to have its final recommendations to the governor's office by December.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A public-private partnership will fund a new soccer stadium and mixed-use development in Kentucky's largest city.

News outlets report the Louisville Metro Council approved four measures related to Louisville City FC's Butchertown stadium development district, including a $30 million bond to finance the city's portion of the project.

HOUSTON (AP) — A public-private partnership is granting nearly $1.4 million to test treatments to halt a disease threatening the nation's bat population.

The white-nose syndrome fungus, first detected in New York state in 2006, has spread to 31 states and five Canadian provinces. Texas and Nebraska are the most recent states infected.

MILTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia city plans to convert a vacant hospital's property into a hotel and conference center.

Media outlets report the city of Milton has entered into a public-private partnership to transform the former Morris Memorial Hospital and its 189-acre property.

City officials say in a news release that preliminary plans call for a 100-room hotel, pool facilities, a wedding chapel, soccer fields, a medical clinic, horse trails, a nine-hole golf course and townhomes.

Aug. 16

Orange County Register on public-private space ventures needing oversight

Public-private partnerships in space travel hold much promise, and greater cost-efficiency, but government should be transparent about the risks and inevitable failures.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's public-private partnership to provide funds for clean energy projects has won an innovation award from Harvard University.

The Connecticut Green Bank will receive the Innovations in American Government Award later this summer during a ceremony in Hartford.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A public-private partnership has released its strategy for attempting to restore self-sustaining populations of the arctic grayling to Michigan waters.

The Michigan Arctic Grayling Initiative described its goals and plans for the next several years during a meeting last week of the state Natural Resources Commission in Lansing.

BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A remnant of U.S. military supply route linking Ohio and Michigan during the War of 1812 will be preserved under a new public-private partnership.

The 200-mile road was known as Hull's Trace, and was hastily built ahead of the war. It's named for Gen. William Hull and includes a roughly quarter-mile portion in Wayne County's Brownstown Township near Detroit that's made of hundreds of logs.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico is ready to sign dozens of new deals to privatize the operation of public services as government funds dwindle amid a decade-long recession, the island's governor told some 800 investors attending a two-day financial summit Thursday.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A nonprofit corporation announced Wednesday that it's signed an agreement with federal officials to raise $30 million for a new veterans outpatient clinic in Omaha. Officials said it's the first of five public-private pilot projects nationwide for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

HOLBROOK, Pa. (AP) — Decades of erosion have dramatically raised the creek bed below a small bridge over House Run in Greene County, causing the span to suffer repeated damage during floods, which send rushing water over its deck.

RADCLIFF, Ky. (AP) — The town of Radcliff is exploring a new public-private partnership to expedite building a long-stalled regional VA Medical Center for potentially 80 percent less than the estimated cost.

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner is asking the Illinois Legislature to allow work to start on Interstate 55 in the Chicago area via a public-private partnership.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A state task force says that help from the private sector could help address Maine's low third-grade literacy rates.

The task force's recent report supports a pilot program addressing early childhood program supported by loans from private investors or performance-based contracts.

The idea is to expand early childhood and pre-kindergarten education programs that can help students improve literacy rates and prepare for kindergarten.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed into law a measure allowing a public-private partnership to build a $136 million veterans medical facility in Omaha.

Democratic Rep. Brad Ashford, of Omaha, announced Friday's signing in a news release. Ashford pushed the bill through the House; U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, a Nebraska Republican, sponsored it in the Senate.

NEW YORK (AP) — Some 10,000 New York City children will start kindergarten with $100 in a college savings account thanks to a public-private partnership intended to boost the number of students attending college.

Under the three-year pilot program announced Tuesday, about 3,500 kindergartners will get so-called 529 college savings accounts next fall.

Another 3,500 kindergartners will get the accounts in the fall of 2018 and a third group in the fall of 2019.