Kyle Glazier is the Washington Bureau Chief of The Bond Buyer. He has previously covered securities law, the Far West, and markets. He has previously written for the Houston Chronicle, Albany Times-Union, and The Denver Post. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Arizona State University and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado.
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Sen. Ron Wyden is pushing for the highway and transit reauthorization bill to authorize a certain amount of TRIPs — tax-credit bonds that could be used for transportation projects.
February 28 -
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood predicted Monday that Congress will not have a new multi-year highway reauthorization bill ready before the current law expires at the end of March, while transportation advocates warned the role of partisan politics in slowing down and threatening to make LaHood's prediction a reality.
February 27 -
Some issuers of transit bonds are concerned that the transportation bill pending in the House might hurt their credit ratings.
February 24 -
WASHINGTON — Sales of new single-family houses were down 0.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 321,000 in January, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
February 24 -
Sales of new single-family houses were down 0.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 321,000 in January, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
February 24 -
WASHINGTON — Seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims remained unchanged for the week ending Feb. 18, staying put at the previous week’s revised figure of 351,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
February 23 -
The Virginia House of Representatives has stripped language creating a statewide tolling authority from legislation proposed by Gov. Bob McDonnell, rejecting a model of road finance that has fallen out of favor in recent years but remains viable for other states, according to transportation experts.
February 23 -
Seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims remained unchanged for the week ending Feb.18, staying put at the previous week's revised figure of 351,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
February 23 -
The two-year, $109 billion highway bill is in limbo as the Senate heads into recess after rejecting a motion to combine the transportation policy bill with its revenue portions following a move by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to block further amendments from being proposed for the bill.
February 17 -
WASHINGTON — Consumer prices were up 0.2% in January after a flat reading in December, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Department reported Friday.
February 17 -
Consumer prices were up 0.2% in January, after an unchanged reading in December a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Department reported Friday.
February 17 -
WASHINGTON — The producer price index rose 0.1% in January on a seasonally adjusted basis, while the core rate surged 0.4%, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
February 16 -
WASHINGTON — Seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims fell to 348,000 for the week ending Feb. 11, a decrease of 13,000 from the previous week's revised level of 361,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
February 16 -
Seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims fell to 348,000 for the week ending Feb. 11, a decrease of 13,000 from the previous week's revised level of 361,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
February 16 -
The producer price index rose 0.1% in January on a seasonally adjusted basis, while the core rate surged 0.4%, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
February 16 -
WASHINGTON — As both the House and Senate began debating highway reauthorization bills on Wednesday, the associated revenue measures came under attack.
February 15 -
The Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that President Obama signed into law Tuesday did not give airports new flexibility to raise fees used to back bonds, but an analysis by Moody's Investors Service said the law will still strengthen airport credits.
February 15 -
WASHINGTON — Industrial production was unchanged in January after climbing a revised 1.0% in December, while capacity utilization fell to 78.5% from a revised 78.6%, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday.
February 15 -
WASHINGTON — With the economy “expanding moderately” despite a slowdown of global growth, the Federal Open Market Committee’s projections did not change significantly, according to the minutes of the Committee’s Jan. 24-25 meeting.
February 15 -
With the economy “expanding moderately” despite a slowdown of global growth, the Federal Open Market Committee’s projections did not change significantly according to the minutes of the Committee’s Jan. 24-25 meeting.
February 15
