The S.C. Ports Authority will receive $547 million from a bonds issuance, the largest in port history. The proceeds of the bonds issuance will enable the port to finish construction of phase one of the Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. Terminal in North Charleston. The proceeds for the Leatherman terminal, which total $422 million, will fund construction and delivery purchases.

This new construction and partial redevelopment project will transform an underutilized building and contribute to the connectivity on the west side of Downtown Detroit's Central Business District. PACE Equity funded the project that is notably the first Cambria hotel to enter the Detroit market and the largest PACE project in the state of Michigan to date.

This report, authored by the Northeast-Midwest Institute, lays out the major models of public banking around the world and in the United States and examines their various advantages, obstacles, and feasibility of implementation. This report recommends that all NEMW states adopt a public bank and do so with close attention to their circumstances and needs.

The Superfund Task Force is publishing its final report. The recommendations address: expediting cleanup and remediation process; reducing financial burden on all parties involved in the entire cleanup process; encouraging private investment; promoting redevelopment and community revitalization; and building and strengthening partnerships.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $144 million to improve rural water infrastructure in 25 states. USDA is investing in 45 projects through the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant program. Funds can be used for drinking water, stormwater drainage and waste disposal systems in rural communities with 10,000 or fewer residents.

A longtime scrap metal recycler next door to the proposed Lincoln Yards megadevelopment has confirmed that it's moving from its historic site in the old North Branch industrial corridor. But there's still no news about any plan to save the thousands of living wage jobs that remain in the area and are possibly threatened by encroaching residential development.

California lawmakers passed A.B. 1482 that would impose a statewide limit on rent increases and require just cause for eviction or termination of tenancy on many rental properties. While this new law will likely have little to no impact on low-income housing tax credit and tax-exempt bond properties, it's still important to understand the mechanics and potential issues on market rate units.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's CDFI Fund awarded 73 organizations more than $9.16 million in awards. The FY2019 CDFI Program and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) Technical Assistance Awards will allow certified and emerging CDFIs to build their capacity to provide services to low-income and underserved people and communities.

The Albuquerque City Council approved a package of incentives, including $250,000 in Local Economic Development Act money and the sale of $35 million in Industrial Revenue Bonds from the city for the expansion of Jabil Inc.'s Albuquerque location. The money and bonds are part a public-private partnership proposal.

California Treasurer Fiona Ma asked public finance professionals to reach out to her office with creative financing ideas to help the state solve its social problems and build infrastructure. The state has a $21 billion housing surplus, but also substantial infrastructure needs and a housing crisis.

A three-judge federal appeals panel appeared ready Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the use of tax-exempt private activity bonds for highway grade safety improvements in connection with passenger rail service of up to 110 mph between Miami and Orlando.

The annual CDFA Volume Cap report is an essential outline of national private activity bond issuance trends and is used by issuers, researchers, trade groups, and political offices to understand the private activity bond landscape. During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, we will examine the recently released Volume Cap Report in fine detail as well as discuss the fourth-quarter outlook of the capital markets.

In this webinar, industry leaders from C-PACE Alliance, the Keystone Energy Alliance, Clean Fund, and Bricker & Eckler] will share their experience in drafting PACE statutes, advocating for legislative changes to existing PACE statutes, determining and correcting market flaws or deficiencies, and increasing market volume. Capital providers will share some insights on how they arrange capital for projects, and the importance of certain market-based principles underlying the development of C-PACE as an asset class in commercial lending.

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