In November, the mayors of Kingsport, Johnson City and Bristol, Tennessee, and the counties of Sullivan and Washington signed the Aerospace Park intergovernmental financing agreement, giving Tri-Cities Airport the go-ahead to purchase $8.5 million in revenue bonds to fund the expansion.

BSA LifeStructures designed the tower, with lead architect Jackie Foy, and McCownGordon Construction LLC will be the general contractor. Children's Mercy received $125.6 million in fixed-revenue bonds, to be split between the research tower and an office building it previously constructed.

Bond sales last month broke the previous monthly issuance record set in December 1985, which was driven by Congress' overhaul of the tax code. The next month, municipal bond issuance was a paltry $1.69 billion, according to Bond Buyer data. Bond sales are unlikely to fall below that figure, though, as $722 million in bonds have already been sold this month as of Jan. 5 and $3.6 billion in sales are scheduled for the week of Jan. 8 alone, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Not content just to say that Colorado transportation funding is their top priority, state Senate Republicans will introduce a bill on the opening day of the legislative session Wednesday that seeks bonding voter approval for as much as a $3.5 billion bond sale.

Craig Stuart-Paul, CEO of Maryland-based Fiberight LLC, announced this week that his company has secured $70 million for a municipal solid waste center off Coldbrook Road — $45 million through a tax-exempt bond with the Finance Authority of Maine and the remainder in private equity funds.

Lincoln County, NM commissioners are considering issuing industrial revenue bonds for one or more of the companies pursuing development of wind farms in northern areas of the county.

With the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, issuers of tax-exempt debt no longer have the authority to advance refund bonds with tax exempt debt after December 31, 2017. The new law amends Section 149(d) of the U.S. tax code.

Bond financing facilitated by WHEFA will be used to help Benevolent Corporation Cedar Community finance the costs associated with the construction, renovation, and equipping of certain healthcare and senior livings facilities in West Bend, Wisconsin. 

CDFA Federal Financing Webinar Series: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
February 28, 2018 - 2:00 PM Eastern

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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 - 1:00 PM Eastern

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February 21-22, 2018 - 12:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern

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The 2017 State Infrastructure Bank Annual Financial Report summarizes the SIBs active projects throughout the state of Ohio. Projects include road resurfacing, bridge replacements, retaining walls, parking infrastructure and more.

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