Bipartisan caucus of lawmakers wants to meet with President Trump on developing consensus tax reform, infrastructure legislation.

Maryland-based Fiberight LLC is asking the Finance Authority of Maine to help connect it to $45 million in tax exempt bond money to build and operate a plant in Hampden that will change trash into biogas.

The IRS revised guidelines for management contracts with private contractors in January to address questions municipalities have been asking regarding the 10% "private business use" since the original guidelines were issued in August 2016. The new guidelines are more detailed.

The MSRB's report finds that the majority of issuers had a commitment date of 180 days or 270 days from the end of the issuer's fiscal year. Over the last several years, the number of commitments of 180 days has generally decreased while there has been an upward trend in commitments of 270 days.

The Michigan Thrive Initiative would give developers the tools they need to bridge financial gaps holding back these large and complicated brownfield projects — at no risk to the state or taxpayers.

The House Financial Services Committee intends to review municipal bond regulators and other aspects of the capital markets with an eye toward rolling back certain programs, according to an oversight plan from the committee.

Rep. Steve Russell has introduced the "No Tax Subsidies for Stadiuums Act," (HR 811), which would treat bonds used to finance professional sports stadiums as taxable private activity bonds if they met just one part of the existing two-part test for PABs.

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