Lynn Hume

There is no consensus on the content or how to pay for it in an election year where nothing is expected to get done after the summer and everything will be very politically sensitive.

John Cross, the Treasury Department's associate tax legislative counsel, said the existing tax rules are clear on advance refundings of taxable debt.

The administration would cut funds for the Water Infrastructure and Finance Innovation Act program.

Maynard Cooper & Gale hires six from Balch & Bingham.

A key House committee chairman would block any attempts to expand PABs for public infrastructure projects.

The president's proposal to expand and use private activity bonds for public infrastructure projects is similar to one made by a prior administration.

President Trump’s plan would expand private activity bonds and ease restrictions on them for public-purpose infrastructure projects.

President Trump's infrastructure plan, detailed for reporters by a White House official this weekend, will expand the eligibility of tax-exempt private activity bonds.

Brad Waterman says it's unfair for the IRS to withhold documents pertaining to a "suspected practitioner misconduct" charge that was filed against him but never investigated.

The Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities is asking individuals or firms to submit proposals by March 2.

NABL details at least seven alternatives for outstanding bonds as well as five ways that new bond transactions can be structured.

Identical bipartisan bills introduced in the House and Senate would provide a new source of funding for state revolving fund programs that would enable states to expand assistance to communities for water infrastructure projects.

While President Trump gets praise for pushing for $1.5 trillion of new infrastructure investment, leaked draft plans for a bill have already raised questions and sparked controversy.

A left-leaning, nonprofit group claims the president's infrastructure plan will maximize revenue for private parties and incentivize state and local governments to take on debt.

President Trump may be laying the groundwork for a war with environmental groups with his draft legislative plan to streamline the environmental process for infrastructure projects.

The Democrats' draft bill would be "a great way to make sure that no U.S. territory ever borrows in the muni market again," said Municipal Market Analytics' Matt Fabian.

The American Trucking Association touts its Build America Fund as a much better solution to financing infrastructure than tolls or public-private partnerships.

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Rep. Robert Pittenger, R-N.C., have asked the GAO how many tax-exempt munis were used for abortion-related facilities during the past 20 years and what was the associated federal tax liability.

Tax-exempt private activity bonds, which came close to being terminated in tax reform legislation, are now a centerpiece of the Trump administration's leaked infrastructure plan -- and market participants hope to use this as a springboard for a return of tax-exempt advance refundings.

President Trump's purported latest infrastructure plan would remove state volume caps, advance refunding prohibitions and state volume caps from private activity bonds used for infrastructure.