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Weekly volume is estimated to come in at $8.4 billion, with the Salt River Project agricultural improvement and power district's $833 million of electric system revenue bonds leading the way. The state of Connecticut is coming with $500 million of GO bonds and the PA turnpike commission is scheduled to come with $494.56 million of turnpike revenue bonds.
May 8
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A radio ad campaign targeting congressional leaders warns that inaction on the restoring the HTF imperils state highway and transit projects.
May 8
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The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, increased nine basis points to 4.39% in the week ended May 7 from 4.30% in the previous week.
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The authors of a new paper from The Hamilton Project at Brookings propose four short-term and three long-term ways to address the need for infrastructure investment in the United States, including a revival of the Build America Bond program.
May 7 -
Senate Democrats slam Republican leadership over lack of ideas for long-term highway fix.
May 7
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Attorneys for All Aboard Florida told a federal judge that the private passenger train owners could close on $1.75 billion in tax exempt private activity bonds around June 8.
May 7
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The Obama administration's proposal to create a new class of tax-exempt debt that is permitted within the context and requirements of public private partnership is a hopeful sign of a way forward in creating a new hybrid infrastructure financing model.
May 7
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Finance chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch is looking for the $11 billion needed to keep the HTF solvent through 2015.
May 6
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Default rates are far higher for corporates than for munis with the same ratings, a discrepancy regulators are hoping to address with a rule that takes effect June 15.
May 6
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Lack of action on a long-term transportation funding bill is a joke, said Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.
May 5
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Lumesis Inc. has formed a strategic relationship with Pershing LLC that will give immediate access to DIVER Advisors municipal bond reports and compliance solutions to Pershings clients.
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