Smarting from an off-year electoral rebuke, congressional Democrats pushed forward on Wednesday toward House votes this week on nearly $3 trillion worth of social policy, infrastructure, and climate change programs — but with a deep new worry after Tuesday's stunning losses: Would a legislative victory help or hurt their political standing?

The House will try again this week to pass an infrastructure bill, having failed in late September and again last week to get progressives' buy-in on a process that would have them voting on infrastructure before a reconciliation bill is completely finished. Progressives have kept leadership guessing as to what exactly they require — a framework? bill text? a Senate vote? — before voting on infrastructure.

The newly-released Angel Funders Report 2021 uses verified data provided directly by active angel investing groups. The report is based on information collected from a variety of ACA member groups, including some of the most active investing communities. It analyzes angel capital investments made during 2020, and features profiles and insights from leading angel investors and startup company executives.

On Thursday, October 28, President Biden announced the Build Back Better Framework. The President is confident this is a framework that can pass both houses of Congress, and he looks forward to signing it into law. He calls on Congress to take up this historic bill – in addition to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – as quickly as possible. This framework will guide the drafting of legislative language.

Communities around the country are still working to understand what kinds of smart infrastructure they want and need at the local level - and how to pay for these 'smart cities' initiatives. Join the next free installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series to learn about what types of smart infrastructure projects are happening around the country and how these efforts are being financed.

A team of Frost Brown Todd's Ohio and Kentucky Public Finance and Government Service attorneys recently closed $68.6 million of tax-exempt bonds issued by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority. This transaction is a unique public-private partnership (P3) involving not only a parking concession but also a mobility concession utilizing a 35-year lease of all parking assets from the University of Toledo to ParkUToledo Inc.

To help small businesses navigate the impact of the pandemic, the California Small Business Enterprise Task Force, a public-private consortium of legal, financial, and nonprofit professionals, created the $1 billion California Rebuilding Fund. A team from MoFo led the development and implementation, a public-private partnership loan program to support California's small businesses, especially those located in economically disadvantaged and historically under-banked areas of the state.

EDA is pleased to announce that 529 applications from regions in all 50 states and five territories have submitted applications for Phase 1 of the $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge. Alejandra Y. Castillo sent an open letter sent to Phase 1 applicants. Also provided is a link to the list of Phase 1 applicants by lead institution, project title, and state.

LISC's George Ashton takes a close look at why growth in the pre-pandemic number of minority-owned businesses has failed to narrow the racial wealth gap. The answer: existing BIPOC businesses don't have access to the kind of growth capital they need to build their resiliency, expand their workforce and support next-generation success.

Intro Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Finance WebCourse
December 8-9, 2021 - Daily: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

The latest framework for the Build Back Better Act includes a historic investment in affordable housing and community development. The proposal calls for $150 billion for housing and community development, which would be "the single-largest and most comprehensive investment in affordable housing in history," according to the White House.

Stymied by lawsuits that contend USDA debt relief for farmers of color is actually reverse discrimination, House Democrats proposed an alternative: full or partial forgiveness of USDA loans to limited-resource farmers. The multi-billion-dollar proposal, which does not mention race, is directed toward economically distressed farmers and ranchers in high-poverty areas. The proposal was part of a $1.75 trillion social welfare and climate change package.

The Senior Business Development Analyst plays a key role on the Business Development team in maintaining and developing new client relationships as well as providing strategic support to the Bank's lending programs. The position will also be responsible for researching new program opportunities and strategic customer engagement with a focus on clean energy and climate change mitigation initiatives.

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The Angel Funders Report 2021, published by the Angel Capital Association, uses verified data provided directly by active angel investing groups. The report is based on information collected from a variety of ACA member groups, including some of the most active investing communities. It analyzes angel capital investments made during 2020, and features profiles and insights from leading angel investors and startup company executives.

The Kinder Institute Local and Regional Infrastructure Database contains more than 1,800 planned infrastructure projects identified by surveying local and regional leaders, reviewing capital investment documents, and selected using other sources. This interactive map allows users to explore the data.

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