Private activity bonds

Some of the proceeds will refund tax-exempt bonds issued for the university through St. Joseph County.

With the fate of private activity bonds in flux, D.C.'s Housing Finance Agency is forging ahead with plans for its largest offering by the end of the year.

Many states use PABs to offer low-rate mortgages and down payment assistance for first-time buyers.

Wayne State University's partnership with a private developer may serve as a model -- especially if the pending tax law bans private activity bonds.

House Ways and Means Committee Chair Kevin Brady said the private-activity bond provision was included in the House tax bill so lawmakers would have more time to discuss these bonds.

The bonds for Florida’s Brightline train project are rated BB-minus by Fitch.

Regional consolidation would boost business investments and fend off needless duplication and competition, a fiscal watchdog said.

The California Debt Limit Allocation Committee wants to allocate $900 million in remaining private activity bond capacity.

As the political gears churn, issuers and borrowers should huddle with legal counsel and financial advisors to consider the possibility of worst-case scenarios in which some or all of the proposed tax reform legislation is enacted.

The impact of tax reform is on the minds of all participants in the municipal bond market. The Bond Buyer’s Washington Bureau Chief Lynn Hume joins Contributing Editor John Hallacy in breaking down what the House and Senate plans will mean for state and local governments as well as the effect it will have on underwriters and dealers, bond counsel and financial advisors. Hosted by Chip Barnett.

Houston hits the market with more certainty about its pensions but less about the tax-exempt market.

Without tax-exempt private activity bonds, charters would have to turn to more expensive and restrictive capital sources.

Issuers of conduit debt would lose their primary purpose if Congress eliminates private activity bonds.

The Illinois Finance Authority authorized a passel of deals that would be outlawed by a GOP tax bill.

The mill will recycle waste paper and corrugated containers.

The elimination of private activity bonds “would throw gasoline on a housing shortage," said John Chiang, California's treasurer.

Senate Finance Commitee chairman Orrin Hatch's tax proposal will likely be kinder to municipal bonds than the House's bill, but harder on states and localities.

Eddy County Commissioners unanimously approved an industrial revenue bond for a company planning to build and operate a natural gas plant within the county.

In a document rife with broken promises and misstatements about the muni market, the “Tax Reform” proposal beats up on the municipal bond market and state and local bond issuers to an extent never envisioned prior to the publication of that proposal.

A study says tolls on existing Interstates could make up for the loss of fuel tax revenue caused by more efficient vehicles.