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S&P Global Ratings is alerting municipal market investors that an expected increase in property tax challenges by big box retailers could put stress on municipal finances.

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.

Will President Trump trumpet infrastructure in his State of the Union address? Will there be specifics on a plan? Will the Federal Open Market Committee recommend a rate hike? The market will be watching.

Ohio businessman Dan Slane said his list of 50 emergency and national security projects is "going nowhere."

Mayors are concerned the federal government is going to contribute far less funding to 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.

New Jersey and New York lawmakers offer a bill to boost local finances by allowing homeowners who prepaid 2018 property taxes to fully deduct them.

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.

The MSRB's structure lets public and private sectors work together to foster investment in infrastructure financing, economic development and job creation.

The Senate remains deadlocked over how much to increase an $81 billion disaster aid package that was approved by the House in December.

Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Mark Warner, D-Va., introduced their bill to expand PABs the same day that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recommended such an expansion in its four-part infrastructure plan.

The centerpiece of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's four-part infrastructure plan is a 25 cents per gallon increase in the federal gas tax.

Puerto Rico's 78 local governments are eligible to apply for a streamlined Community Disaster Loan for up to 25% of their annual operating budget.

Legislation for a short-term spending bill and disaster aid are not linked, but together they highlight the continuing partisan gridlock in Congress.

Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board members meeting here next Wednesday and Thursday will discuss the market comments it received on whether to write new rules or guidance on primary market practices.

The court’s announcement on Friday that it will hear arguments in South Dakota v. Wayfair comes as lawmakers have been divided over the online sales tax issue.