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 lawsuit comes as higher education energy concessions have become one of the most active spaces in the P3 market.
January 30 -
Kelly has twice introduced legislation to broaden private activity bonds.
January 27 -
A group of top local government associations have formed a new legal coalition aimed at Supreme Court cases that carry municipal implications.
January 26 -
Open data standards will help Flint "tell its story" and benchmark itself against other cities, said CFO Robert Widigan.
January 25 -
Roger Millar, AASHTO's new president and chief of Washington's Department of Transportation, joins Caitlin Devitt to talk about the rollout of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, how a tight labor market and inflation are impacting capital plans, what a divided Congress means for transportation and an update on the Pacific Northwest's high speed rail project. (24 minutes)
January 24 -
The latest definition of federal waters includes roadside ditches, which some industry groups say will make transportation projects more costly and time-consuming.
January 24 -
BVAL marketed its bond valuation methods as sophisticated but sometimes based the valuation on a single broker quote, the SEC said.
January 23 -
High-speed rail connecting Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. would spark $355 billion in economic development, supporters say.
January 20 -
Transportation sectors from airports to toll roads are expected to remain stable despite a likely recession and high inflation and interest rates, ratings analysts said.
January 19 -
The alliance will hold semi-annual conferences to consider innovative solutions to infrastructure financing and delivery.
January 18 -
Treasury typically suspends the sale of new state and local government series securities when nearing the borrowing cap.
January 17 -
The firm is expected to announce the new muni leadership team next week.
January 12 -
Missouri Republican Sam Graves, a professional pilot, has said he hopes to achieve a bipartisan reauthorization of the federal aviation budget, a key item for the committee this year.
January 11 -
The SEC is required to consult with municipal market participants when crafting the new disclosure data standards.
January 10 -
Small businesses that are certified to work for either Chicago or Philadelphia's transit agency will now be able to work for the partner agency as well.
January 9 -
The crisis over House leadership raises risks for muni issuers, while investors say it's time to drill down to the individual credit level.
January 6 -
Strong 2021 contribution levels continue a trend that began with pension reforms made in the wake of the Great Recession.
January 3 -
If the USVI closes the deal, it would mark only the second long-term lease of a U.S.-based airport, after Puerto Rico's Luis Munoz Marin International Airport.
December 30 -
A decision from the Government Accountability Office supports opponents of a controversial memo outlining the administration's preferences for how states should spend their infrastructure funds.
December 29 -
Inflation is a chief risk to public officials eager to launch new projects, but it's a boon for infrastructure investors, who view the asset class as a natural hedge.
December 29
