Biden Administration

"We urge you to use rescue plan money to make your community safer," Biden said. "Invest in affordable housing, get small businesses back on their feet, train your workforce." 

The scheduled expiration of the TCJA tax cuts "is the most significant factor pushing up tax revenues relative to income over the next 10 years," the CBO said.

New legislation on the high priority is on its way.

The political uncertainty could eat into the number of "clean weeks" for issuance, said Citi's Vikram Rai.

The $292 million federal grant comes from the Mega grant program for large, complex infrastructure projects, which had a "wildly competitive" first year, said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

Inflation continues to wreak havoc on new construction rental projects that are still in the pipeline.

Treasury typically suspends the sale of new state and local government series securities when nearing the borrowing cap.

Missouri Republican Sam Graves, a professional pilot, has said he hopes to achieve a bipartisan reauthorization of the federal aviation budget, a key item for the committee this year.

The SEC is required to consult with municipal market participants when crafting the new disclosure data standards.

The crisis over House leadership raises risks for muni issuers, while investors say it's time to drill down to the individual credit level.

The administration gave priority to large bridge projects that are ready to proceed with construction.

A decision from the Government Accountability Office supports opponents of a controversial memo outlining the administration's preferences for how states should spend their infrastructure funds.

Expanded use of stimulus funds, fully funded water infrastructure grant programs and housing assistance are among the asks from League of Cities as Congress crafts a 2023 spending package.

The provision shifts rulemaking and enforcement of the new disclosure standards to the SEC from the MSRB, which was charged with the task in an original version.

The White House has asked for an additional $37.3 billion to send to states and communities that faced natural disasters last year, including $600 million to Jackson, Mississippi, for its water crisis.

Incoming House Democratic caucus chair Pete Aguilar was a California mayor and served on the League of California Cities, bringing the kind of local experience that's considered helpful to muni market interests.

Tribal governments have invested in 344 infrastructure and affordable housing projects as a result of $20 billion received from the American Rescue Plan Act.

Former state transportation official Shailen Bhatt, if confirmed by the full Senate, would play a key role in the rollout of highway funds in the bipartisan infrastructure law.

The DOT's federal financing pipeline has mushroomed in recent years, as has the type of projects being financed.

Republicans critical of the infrastructure law won't be able to stop the flow of federal funds, even if they win the House.