Public finance

The Baltimore City Council on Monday approved a $660 million bond deal to transform the Port Covington neighborhood, making it the largest tax increment financing district in city’s history.

Arkansas will study whether tolled lanes are the best way to finance a 14-mile segment of a new interstate highway.

A Bond Buyer slideshow pairs charts of key interest rate related metrics with comments from municipal analysts and strategists, as policy makers again meet to consider whether to lift the benchmark rate a second time eight years after the financial crisis.

KANSAS

COLORADO

Green municipal bond issuance increased by almost half in 2015, with water infrastructure making up the biggest chunk of the bond sales, according to a new report.

Federal budget gridlock could freeze state highway aid at fiscal 2016 levels until after the presidential election.

LOUISIANA

ARKANSAS

Wisconsin lawmakers are skeptical of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $6.5 billion, two-year transportation budget.

CALIFORNIA

ALABAMA

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, increased four basis points to 3.80% from 3.76% in the previous week.

The Senate on Thursday passed the long-stalled Water Resources Development Act of 2016 that would provide millions of federal dollars to Flint, Mich. and any other community facing a water crisis.

San Diego will build an 11-mile extension of its Blue Line light rail system with a $1 billion federal transit grant.

The rapid increase in refundings for public power and water utilities will likely slow as interest rates are expected to rise through 2018, according to Fitch Ratings. Moody's Investors Service sees a stable operating environment amid low natural gas prices.

FLORIDA

ARIZONA

As traffic congestion increased, more and more motorists see tolls and mileage charges as funding solutions.

ARKANSAS