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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Timothy Little said he's looking for input from a diverse array of muni market participants in his new data-gathering role at the New York Federal Reserve.
January 24 -
The bulk of the IIJA money will flow first to the states, so cities need to be organized and ready to work with governors, White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu told the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
January 21 -
Maryland blames a "post-pandemic market" for cost increases lifting the light rail line's price tag to $9.28 billion. The system is to open four years late in 2026.
January 21 -
Cities led the American recovery last year, Yellen told mayors at the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting.
January 19 -
If Congress opts for a continuing resolution instead of a full-year appropriation, transportation lobbyists said they would ask for an exception so that IIJA funds can begin to flow.
January 18 -
The investment could repair 15,000 bridges across the country and requires states to set aside at least 15% for local bridges.
January 14 -
The latest round of federal aid is not enough to move the needle over the long term.
January 13 -
The new water resources act comes as the Army Corps of Engineers' civil works program is set to see the largest influx of funding in its history.
January 13 -
With an insolvent Highway Trust Fund, alternatives to the federal fuel tax are more important than ever.
January 11 -
If it clears the legal hurdle, the company that owns the $30 billion project may seek a $12 billion Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing loan.
January 10 -
It would mark only the third transit P3 in the country and would be under pressure to deliver without the problems that dogged the other two.
January 6 -
The proposed guidance, which restricts new highway capacity projects, may be applied to legacy programs like TIFIA as well.
January 4 -
The complaint, targeting Louisiana’s complex sales tax collection system, comes after voters rejected a constitutional amendment to simplify local sales and use tax collection.
December 30 -
Inflation, labor shortages and implementation uncertainties loom as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act moves into center stage next year.
December 29 -
Towns in many states manage a big chunk of local roads but see little support from federal surface transportation formula grants.
December 28 -
Sen. Schumer said the Senate would take up Build Back Better "very early in the new year."
December 20 -
Pushing the massive bill into 2022 reduces its overall chances of passage but increases the chances of reviving muni-related provisions.
December 17 -
Existing partisan divides and political pressures may influence how the infrastructure act's grants are allocated, one Congressman said.
December 16 -
The $2.5 trillion increase is expected to get the U.S. through 2023.
December 15 -
A group of leading automakers want the feds to require states to invest in the fastest EV chargers available.
December 14
