Caitlin Devitt has covered the municipal bond market since 2008. She began her journalism career at the Herald Newspapers on the South Side of Chicago, starting as a reporter and rising to Managing Editor. While at The Bond Buyer, she covered the Detroit bankruptcy among other Midwest-based stories. Devitt joined Debtwire Municipals in 2016, where she covered the high-yield municipal bond market for five years, before returning to the Bond Buyer as Senior Infrastructure Reporter. She lives in Chicago with her family.
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New Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who played a key role in negotiations of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, noted at the time the "fierce support in both chambers" for tax-exempt private activity bonds.
November 14 -
The finance team burned the midnight oil to assemble and market one of the most complex deals in the municipal market this year.
November 14 -
Trump's proposed corporate tax cut, if enacted, would further concentrate the buyer base and increase the chance of volatility, said Wells Fargo head of municipal strategy Vikram Rai.
November 13 -
"If the GOP wins the House, the specter of risk to the municipal bond tax-exemption will increase," said Edwin Oswald, a tax partner at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe in Washington D.C.
November 6 -
Eric Goldwyn of the Marron Institute's Transit Costs Project joins The Bond Buyer's Caitlin Devitt to talk about his latest report that offers five recommendations to speed up the delivery of high-speed trains in the U.S.
September 17 -
The Grants Pass decision was viewed as the most consequential for local governments of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent session.
July 12 -
Darren Olson of the American Society of Civil Engineers joins to discuss the importance of resilient infrastructure and the impact of federal funding on America's future.
June 11 -
One investor is offloading the debt, while another sees an opportunity.
March 8 -
Robert Poole, a leading expert in the U.S. public-private partnership transportation sector, joins infrastructure reporter Caitlin Devitt to talk about upcoming deals including toll lanes and bridges in the Southeast and high speed rail in the West as well as states that are advancing P3s and action on the federal front. (37 minutes)
February 20 -
The hire by Missouri-based Stifel comes as some broker-dealers trim ranks amid weak issuance.
October 17
