Investments

COLORADO

ALABAMA

Table as of: 08/28/2012 16:22 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount

The GOP 2012 platform, scheduled to be approved at the party's national convention Tuesday, includes several familiar tax proposals and a handful of initiatives to encourage more private sector involvement in infrastructure finance.

Standard & Poor’s last week revised its outlook to positive from stable on Michigan State University and affirmed its AA long-term rating.

The South Texas Higher Education Authority Inc. has proposed paying IRS $438,243 under the voluntary closing agreement program to settle tax law issues over $255.8 million of student loan bonds it issued in 2007.

A new projection produced by the Congressional Budget Office shows that both the highway trust fund and transit account, key sources of federal transportation funding, will run out of money in fiscal year 2015 under the recently enacted transportation law.

Australia-based infrastructure development giant Macquarie Capital will advise San Juan, P.R. in its quest to put together a light rail public-private partnership that has been estimated at $400 million, the city announced Monday.

Revenue forecasting can make or break a project

ALABAMA

ILLINOIS

Pulaski Technical College trustees decided last week to delay indefinitely an election to set up a taxing district for the school.

The Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority is scheduled to sell $45 million of bonds for Thomas Jefferson University and $31 million for the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Table as of: 08/24/2012 10:22 AM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount

MASSACHUSETTS

CALIFORNIA

Demand for municipal bonds remains robust heading into the Labor Day holiday weekend even if expected issuance does not. Industry estimates hold that municipal bonds to be sold next week should total a paltry $1.55 billion, versus a revised $6.38 billion last week.

City Colleges of Chicago has tapped Chicago Public Schools' deputy chief financial officer Melanie Jopek Shaker to shepherd its finances as it embarks on capital program.

Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation on Wednesday to integrate all but two units of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey into Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

ARKANSAS