Scott Sowers is a reporter based in the Washington, D.C., Bureau where he covers ESG issues, cyber-crime, lobbying, and taxation. Prior to joining The Bond Buyer he freelanced for The Washington Post, The New York Times and The Atlantic writing about real estate. Other areas of expertise include architecture, design, energy, housing policy, automotive, and the utilities.
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Both houses of the Virginia state government have advanced budget bills that include rebates to taxpayers from surpluses fattened by federal funding and robust tax collections, a trend that concerns policy experts.
February 7 -
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority will issue $475 million in green sales tax revenue bonds for capital projects and refunding.
February 6 -
Transportation officials and lawmakers are exploring the road ahead for the Highway Trust Fund, electric vehicle user fees, and the reauthorization of the surface transportation bill as friction over funding mounts.
February 5 -
Issuers, trade organizations, and investors team up to fight the threat to the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds by laying out its effect on borrowing, the housing market, and infrastructure costs.
February 3 -
State and local governments are on strong financial footing and are investing in Treasury securities as chaotic federal moves shake out.
January 30 -
The lobby trying to protect the tax exemption is working overtime as the threat appears very real.
January 28 -
The Maryland Department of Transportation moves to shore up its debt service while funding bridge repairs, airport modernization, and rail improvements with a $21.2 billion budget commitment.
January 23 -
President Trump's executive order calling for pausing funds flowing from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act caught the transportation sector off guard.
January 22 -
A record-breaking year for bond issuance will likely be followed by another strong year for munis even as the threat of ending the tax-exempt status appears in writing within the halls of Congress.
January 22 -
Sources on the Hill indicate that whatever gets cut will come from that list. But that doesn't mean that everything on the list is going to get cut.
January 17
