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Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes securitizing future car registration fees to back bonds that speed construction of the electric vehicle charging stations.

MTA and regional transportation advocates welcome the news that the Federal Highway Administration is advancing the project.

Daily report for March 31, 2021.

Three House Democrats say they won’t support tax hikes unless the Biden tax plan includes a repeal of the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions.

Gov. Ralph Northam and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced the agreements with Amtrak, CSX and Virginia Railway Express.

Larger fund flows, lower supply and optimism surrounding issuer credit post-stimulus allowed for a March price reversal that avoids posting two consecutive months with losses. The consumer confidence index jumped to its highest reading in a year in March.

Merritt Research Services highlights "unsung disclosure heroes" while reporting little change in most issuers' sluggish pace at releasing audited financials.

Newman, who died in November at 87, played a key role in public finance in Colorado's boom years.

Transportation fare and tax revenues lost to the coronavirus can be countered with federal relief funding, says the Illinois Economic Policy Institute.

Officials cited borrowing flexibility before a joint meeting of the transit authority's oversight board and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

Sam Turvey of ReThinkNYC explores ways to make New York's Pennsylvania Station complex more functional and aesthetic. Paul Burton hosts (17 minutes).

Daily report for March 30, 2021.

Municipals continue to outperform Treasuries amid a light holiday-shortened week led by a California tobacco deal.

The bill comes days before the Biden administration will reveal its infrastructure plan. Sources have said municipal bond provisions are likely to be included in an infrastructure package.

Tax-exempt bonds issued for a private hospital system in Honolulu fell further into junk territory with S&P Global Ratings downgrading the bonds to CCC from B-minus.

The National Federation of Municipal Analysts said its white paper is a disclosure template for future events such as large-scale tropical storms and wildfires.

A trio of municipal bond analysts say now is the time for investors to take advantage of the strength and resilience of the asset class.

With some light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences fund growth with $139 million of revenue bonds.

Daily report for March 29, 2021.

Bradley Riss is chief commercial officer at Checkout.com, a firm that acts as a payment gateway, acquirer and processor through a single channel, covering cards, passthrough wallets, stored value wallets and alternative payment options such as point of sale credit. It charges a fee based on processing and card payment costs rather than the percentage+ model that most payment API companies charge. The model is designed to make the service customized to different merchants and serve as a base to offer other merchant products.