Public finance

The trustee for the Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority's defaulted bonds wants a toll increase for the Garcon Point Bridge but north Florida residents are opposing the plan.

President Obama plans to propose a revised version of last year's $302 billion, 4-year transportation bill.

Reps. John Duncan, R-Tenn., and Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., have once again sponsored legislation to exempt water and sewer private-activity bonds from state volume caps.

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., proposes a $1 trillion transportation bill that would put $75 billion a year into the Highway Trust Fund.

It could be a crucial year for Detroit Public Schools as Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and a newly created coalition of Detroit leaders take on problems at the long-troubled district.

A major Northeast winter storm caused issuers to postpone about $1.7 billion of bond sales , including a $1 billion Pennsylvania GO offering.

MICHIGAN

ILLINOIS

Moody's Investors Service downgraded healthcare giant Catholic Health Inititiatives to A2 from A1 after a year of declining operating performance.

New Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan included funding for the state's two light rail P3 projects in his fiscal 2015 budget.

NEW YORK

ALABAMA

Some seldom seen issuers are returning to the municipal bond market in the upcoming week as sales slip slightly. Total new issue volume is estimated at $6.138 billion for the week, according to Ipreo and The Bond Buyer. This is down from the $6.992 billion of new supply that priced last week, Thomson Reuters said.

A congressional bipartisan duo filed a bill to capitalize a $50 billion infrastructure bank with 50-year taxable bonds bearing 1% interest.

ARKANSAS

ALABAMA

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is developing legislation that would dedicate revenues from corporate tax reform to federal highway funding.

In the shadow of the biggest Wall Street empires, Hennion & Walsh has managed to thrive for a quarter of a century.