Washington

Finding more revenue for transportation infrastructure will be elusive but obtainable in 2017.

President-elect Trump's $1 trillion, 10-year infrastructure plan has the potential to reshape funding for roads, transit and bridges.

Members of Donald Trump's transition team have been reaching out to muni market participants as the President-elect plans an infrastructure task force.

Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement officials are expected to focus on disclosure and pricing abuses as well as increase their oversight of municipal advisors during the coming year, according to regulators and market participants.

Disclosure, pricing actions expected along with uptick in MA focus

In the regulatory and legislative arenas next year, dealers will have to grapple with how to set up compliance programs for markup disclosure rules while municipal advisors try to adjust to the many rules adopted in 2016 and issuers work to improve disclosure to stave off legislation.

Participants expecting dealer, MA focuses despite SEC uncertainty.

States will have a modest increase in their capacity to issue private activity bonds in 2017, based on data from the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Multiple early initiatives will crowd Donald Trump's administration, Citi VP and former White House advisor Candi Wolff told Massachusetts investors.

Full repeal of the Affordable Care Act may cut hospital revenue by close to $400 billion over the next 10 years, putting pressure on healthcare bond ratings and state and local budgets.

The credit implications of Washington States' K-12 funding overhaul may hinge on how the state's solutions affect each district's revenues and flexibility.

Scottsdale settles dispute with IRS with payment of almost $751,000 and its authority settles claims with bond counsel for $75,000.

U.S. mayors and other municipal market participants are stepping up pressure on Congress to maintain the tax exemption on municipal bonds, after President-elect Donald Trump said he supports the tax break that they say is crucial for funding infrastructure projects.

The grant from the Federal Transit Administration completes funding for $1 billion Texas rail line linking Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport with downtown stations.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday released his nearly $47 billion 2017–19 budget proposal.

Martin and Indian River counties have asked a federal judge to examine the new bond financing strategy employed by All Aboard Florida to determine the "full extent" of the proposal and its impact on their federal lawsuits.

The Securities and Exchange Commission will not bring any more settlements under its Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation initiative and will instead focus on those underwriters and issuers that did not voluntarily disclose violations under the MCDC.

The Illinois Regional Transportation Authority Thursday will consider a $3 billion operating budget and $5.1 billion five-year capital plan that boosts spending next year but still falls far short of its needs as a new state capital program languishes amid the ongoing budget impasse.

While Puerto Rico is at a crossroads, it must file for restructuring as soon as possible and work with the federal government to help resolve the commonwealth’s fiscal crisis, said outgoing Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla.

MultiCare Health System, a not-for-profit health system based in Tacoma, Wash., has reached a deal to purchase the for-profit Rockwood Health System for $425 million and will finance a large portion of it with bonds.