Scott Sowers

"This will be the largest economic development project in D.C. history," said Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser.

The current environment for state and local public finance is examined with special attention paid to the healthcare and higher education sectors.

GASB has issued updated questions and answers designed to clarify how subsidies relate to operating revenue, an important distinction affecting higher education, and transportation entities.

Maryland enters the data center regulation movement as Governor Wes Moore signs an executive order and signals an end to sales tax exemptions.

The White House has cut funding to states via curtailed disaster relief, paused infrastructure funding, and changes to the Medicaid program.

Data centers are expected to produce $1.3 billion in tax revenue for Loudoun County this year, but opponents say the exemptions are costing much more than the property taxes they are generating. 

With the effects of added Medicaid requirement looming next year, some states are already seeing stress cracks in their reserve fund balances and revenue levels.

Housing officials in several cities are already laying the groundwork that will enable them to take advantage of the 21st Century Road to Housing Act passed by Congress earlier this year even though funding has not yet been appropriated.

With the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding sunsetting at the end of the month, the American Public Transportation Association is staging a fly-in to lobby for advance appropriations.

Public backlash over data centers is affecting political positions in the mid-term elections and inspiring legislation in Loudoun County Va., the acknowledged front line of the debate.

Counties and states are moving ahead with replicable, bond-financed affordable housing funding models as new regulations designed to jump start community development are still working their way through the pipeline.

The new rules governing low-income housing tax credits and private are already affecting the development of affordable housing.

GASB is looking for comments on the taxonomy design for its Voluntary Digital Financial Reporting project, a big step on the pathway to the digitization of financial statements.

The incoming Bond Buyer Hall of Famer spent nearly 50 years pairing legal expertise with advocacy, deal structuring and legislative problem-solving to help issuers navigate risks and expand their financing options.

Provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act designed to jump start affordable housing development are starting to trickle out into the market in the form of tax-exempt and taxable bond combos.

A proposal for raising tax revenue includes eliminating the tax exemption for municipal bonds, a fundamental part of the muni market.

The plan aims to fundamentally change how the state collects tax revenue, aiming to eventually shrink the income tax to nothing.

Water issues are getting attention on Capitol Hill as questions about reauthorizing state revolving funds and the impact of data centers on ground water supplies are mixing with politics.

State budget writers are under increased pressure to allocate resources to struggling hospitals as the effects of expiring health care tax credits leave more people uninsured.

The airspace surrounding Washington D.C. is expected to absorb more flights in the near future as the Washington Manassas Airport in Virginia has cleared an environmental assessment by the FAA.