Infrastructure

Municipal bond industry leaders weighed in on their expectations for 2021 during a panel discussion at The Bond Buyer's National Outlook Conference.

Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, combined with the shortened week and the arrival of the second quarter, took attention away from the muni market.

Municipal bond provisions were not mentioned, but stakeholders expect those details to be hashed out in what is likely to be a protracted battle in Congress.

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

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

Gov. Tom Wolf said the tax has become unreliable for funding the commonwealth's vast network.

The Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority will seek a federal grant for the light rail tunnel with the support of the City Council.

Buttigieg's support of PAB financing comes days before the Biden administration plans to unveil its infrastructure proposal.

The governor pointed out the advantages of the current low interest-rate market environment and the state’s low debt levels.

The federal Tennessee Valley Authority has been pushed to offer better terms to local utilities in the Southeast to keep them in its fold.

States and local governments will soon get guidance on how they can spend $350 billion in funds from the last round of coronavirus relief.

How the industry weathered the worst public health crisis in over 100 years to bring to market the amount of bonds it did, and to recover as it did, is a testament to its resiliency and its necessity for the state and local governments it serves. Join us for perspectives from industry experts on March 31.

Republican opposition to tax increases supporting an infrastructure bill may hamper the advancement of hoped-for muni tax provisions.

The legislation is likely to end up as part of a larger infrastructure bill.

Planning will require favorable tax policies, sophisticated capital programing, bond financing, and pioneering public-private partnerships. It also requires a cohesive national, bipartisan infrastructure plan as a foundation to begin addressing this impending infrastructure crisis.

Although all of the proposals have some bipartisan support in Congress, the extent of that support remains unclear.

The governor spotlighted his five-year infrastructure spending plan during the speech held amid the threat of a recall.

The pandemic has caused some special circumstances for state and local governments in juggling their finances. Jeffrey Previdi, the vice-chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board who spent more than 20 years of his career at S&P Global Ratings, talks about what his regulatory organization has done to assist them. Previdi also talked about how GASB influences how state and local governments spend taxpayer money on such things as schools, firehouses, water treatment plants, and other infrastructure. Brian Tumulty hosts. (25 minutes)

U.S. Deputy Transportation Secretary nominee and former New York City official Polly Trottenberg called it 'a project of national significance.'

Reinstating certain municipal bond provisions would make way for more infrastructure investment.