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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The provision shifts rulemaking and enforcement of the new disclosure standards to the SEC from the MSRB, which was charged with the task in an original version.
December 7 -
The White House has asked for an additional $37.3 billion to send to states and communities that faced natural disasters last year, including $600 million to Jackson, Mississippi, for its water crisis.
December 6 -
Entering into long-term leases for toll lanes in urban areas would free up transportation dollars for rural areas, said Gov. Bill Lee.
December 5 -
Incoming House Democratic caucus chair Pete Aguilar was a California mayor and served on the League of California Cities, bringing the kind of local experience that's considered helpful to muni market interests.
December 1 -
The proposed amendment to Rule G-3 is designed to promote diversity and inclusion in the muni market.
December 1 -
Former state transportation official Shailen Bhatt, if confirmed by the full Senate, would play a key role in the rollout of highway funds in the bipartisan infrastructure law.
November 29 -
With more federal money flowing to airport terminal projects under the infrastructure law over the next five years, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he "wouldn't be surprised to see strong applications" from O'Hare.
November 22 -
More than two years after COVID derailed three JFK Airport's high-profile terminal deals, the final project is now on track for groundbreaking early next year.
November 18 -
Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi told lawmakers he would not support a PREPA debt settlement that would cause "extraordinary increases in the cost of electricity."
November 18 -
The DOT's federal financing pipeline has mushroomed in recent years, as has the type of projects being financed.
November 16
