Infrastructure

The municipal bond market has had a rough start to 2018, according to a panel of buy and sell side experts at The Bond Buyer‘s Texas Public Finance Conference in Austin.

Working amid uncertainty in the equity and fixed-income markets, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority held an oversubscribed fixed-rate bond sale.

Pullman voters approved two bond measures yesterday evening that will result in a new City Hall among other things.

A key House committee chairman would block any attempts to expand PABs for public infrastructure projects.

Analysts say states' and cities' unfunded infrastructure should be viewed as a liability, along with debt, pensions and other post-employment benefits.

California's water agency says the downsized water tunnel project will still benefit cities and farmers.

The planned $12.7 billion billion project for a new dual-track rail tunnel linking New York City and New Jersey got the cold shoulder in President Trump’s $1.5 trillion proposal.

The president's proposal to expand and use private activity bonds for public infrastructure projects is similar to one made by a prior administration.

President Trump’s plan would expand private activity bonds and ease restrictions on them for public-purpose infrastructure projects.

The municipal bond market will be combing through President Trump’s $1.5 trillion infrastructure and budget proposal to see what’s in store for the public finance sector.

President Trump's infrastructure plan, detailed for reporters by a White House official this weekend, will expand the eligibility of tax-exempt private activity bonds.

Citing public safety and community support, city officials will move forward with exploring options, including a bond measure, to pay for burying overhead power lines.

Still dusting themselves off from last year’s budget chaos, Gov. Dannel Malloy and Connecticut lawmakers reconvene to grasp a glaring transportation fund crisis.

Congress has enacted four short-term continuing resolutions since the Oct. 1 start of the 2018 fiscal year, putting a strain on state and local budgets.

The Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities is asking individuals or firms to submit proposals by March 2.

The agreement would include emergency disaster relief funding for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Florida and Texas that was approved by the House in December.

The Indiana Finance Authority would issue bonds backed by previously allocated state and local tax revenues.

Kevin Corbett, Gov. Phil Murphy’s choice to lead New Jersey Transit, faces a host of fiscal, infrastructure and governance challenges.

A provision in the New York governor's budget plan would enable the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to create tax increment financing districts in New York City.

The California Water Commission says it hasn't rejected any proposals but project backers have three weeks to upgrade their applications.