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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.
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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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Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. and John Hoeven, R-N.D., on Monday introduced legislation that would create Move America Bonds, which would generally be treated as exempt-facility, private-activity bonds but would have fewer restrictions and separate state volume caps that could be converted into tax credit allocations.
May 4
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Average gasoline consumption falls to a 30-year low, threatening revenues from the main source of state and federal transportation funding.
May 4
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Tim McGregor, director of municipal fixed income management at Northern Trust, says volatility is creating opportunities.
May 4
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House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan is working on a "limited tax reform" package that could contain revenue for the Highway Trust Fund and extenders and that could be passed this summer.
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