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As the Trump administration puts its stamp on dispensing infrastructure funding, proponents of P3's, PABs, federal and formula funding are squaring off against grants to state and local governments.

The full legislative package could land on the House floor as soon as next week.

The tax bill is far from a done deal, market participants said.

The hotly anticipated bill from Ways and Means is the first detailed draft and could change as it moves through the legislative process.

The Ways and Means Committee is expected to release the full text, including revenue raisers, ahead of a Tuesday hearing.

Public power energy providers are moving forward with using elective pay to boost investment in nuclear energy while electrifying small town and rural areas.

The municipal bond market may soon get its first glimpse of hotly anticipated tax legislation.

Muni advocates are watching the SALT cap negotiations closely, as the outcome may be influence if other revenue raisers, like axing the muni tax exemption, come into play.

The U.S. Department of Transportation rolls out $3.2 billion via 329 infrastructure grants that will fund more than 3,200 projects that the agency contends were tangled up in red tape and DEI requirements.

Amid deep cuts to public K-12 schools, the proposed budget would boost charter school investment as the administration said "more local school options are needed."

Despite a downgrade by Moody's Ratings in April, Washington, D.C., went to market early and emerged with an oversubscribed revenue and refunding bond issuance of nearly $1.5 billion.

As cutting the federal budget resonates as a central theme in the Trump administration, the Department of Transportation is getting a boost in appropriation proposals.

It's the latest in a series of legislative efforts to restore tax-exempt advance refunding of bonds.

Falling financial dominoes started by a continuing resolution passed by Congress is leading to budget delays and the threat of a lawsuit by City Council as Washington prepares for a nearly $1.5 billion bond issuance.

Republicans balked at a national car registration fee to support the insolvent Highway Trust Fund.

The "Golden Age of Public Finance," as it was called by industry pundits, is likely to face significant changes under the Trump administration.

Attracting more private investment to the affordable housing sector is becoming more urgent with the reintroduction of a bill in the Senate that could spur the use of private activity bonds.

Congress has not authorized a fresh revenue source for the Highway Trust Fund in three decades.

Industry leaders at The Bond Buyer's Texas Public Finance event discuss how tax policy threats, tariffs, and federal budget cuts could create a new paradigm for muni borrowing costs and credit resilience.

The mayor of Washington and the managing partner of the Washington Commanders laid out a plan for bringing a $3.7 billion stadium to the city via a mixed use development financed by a combination of private and public money.