Public finance

COLORADO

ARKANSAS

Montana Gov. Steve Bullocks wants lawmakers to focus on infrastructure in 2017 session.

Preliminary plans to relocate the National Football League’s Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas call for the creation of a Clark County Stadium Authority that would issue up to $750 million of bonds to help finance a new $1.4 billion stadium under a public-private partnership agreement.

CONNECTICUT

IOWA

The Cook County Clerk’s office has reversed course and signed off on the validity of Harvey, Ill.’s property tax levy request, raising hopes that the city will make good on bond payments.

A $357 million federal TIFIA loan to a Texas P3 project will help finance construction of tolled express lanes on a Houston highway.

Atlantic City, N.J., averted default Monday by making a $1.8 million debt service payment, but it’s far from certain the struggling city can make other such payments this year.

OKLAHOMA

ALABAMA

Most Americans surveyed in a new poll would support replacing the gasoline tax with road user fees.

Demand for municipal bonds has been so strong in 2016 that not even the arrival of income tax season could put a stopper on the flow of money into the industry.

As Pennsylvania lawmakers debate Gov. Tom Wolf's proposed $32 billion fiscal 2017 spending plan, many municipal analysts view the state's prospects in a negative light.

ALABAMA

CONNECTICUT

For the 30th week in a row, municipal bond funds reported inflows, according to Lipper data released Thursday, as demand for tax-exempts remained high through tax season.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, rose two basis points to 3.96% from 3.94% in the previous week.

In a near unanimous vote, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday passed a bill that includes $1.4 billion in federal funding for Flint, Mich. as well as any other community facing a water crisis.

The Federal Transit Administration will award $22.5 million of clean technology grants to seven transit agencies.