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Virginia is continuing its push to be the leading public-private partnership state, opening a bustling travel corridor to private sector involvement a day after a major infrastructure firm announced it has moved its U.S. headquarters to the commonwealth.

The Senate Finance Committee's top two tax writers asked their 98 colleagues on Thursday to submit detailed proposals justifying which tax breaks should be kept in the code as they move forward on comprehensive tax reform.

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has been able to use self liquidity with no reserve to refund out of variable-rate debt to attain interest savings.

The PFM Group announced Thursday that it has acquired an advisory firm in Washington State as part of its continued expansion in the Northwest region.

Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell returned unsigned several budget bills saying budget proposals from the City Council would result in a $26 million short fall.

Public-private partnership, a financing model that has started to spread across the U.S., may face some challenges as Congress debates limits on the federal role in infrastructure, according to Simon Santiago, leader of Nossaman LLP's east coast infrastructure practice.

Operators of an Orange County, Calif. tollway continue to face battles in efforts to move forward on extension plans.

The Internal Revenue Service's Tax Exempt Bond Office published an educational paper summarizing processes to help issuers comply with federal tax law requirements and the voluntary closing agreement program provisions.

Montebello, Calif., a city of 65,000 once the subject of eight audits, had its issuer rating upgraded Tuesday to Baa1 by Moody's Investors Service.

The American Road and Transportation Builders Alliance will focus on a potentially trend-setting challenge to a prominent Virginia public-private partnership at the group's annual conference July 24-26.