The fate of private activity bonds, which would be spared in the Senate bill but killed in the House measure, hangs in the balance. With advance refundings eliminated in both bills, that popular cost-saving tool for municipalities is all but dead. Both bills would reduce the corporate tax rate to 20% from 35%, although the Senate bill would delay the reduction until 2019.

The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency intends to come to market next week with a roughly $240 million financing for the NewBridge on the Charles project. Proceeds will refund outstanding debt and pay issuance costs. 

La Verne city leaders have spent the past 18 months coming up with a plan to redevelop 100 acres into a mixed-use development involving housing, infrastructure and a parking structure for a train station on the Foothill Gold Line, a light rail extension into the San Gabriel Valley,

Denver is launching a $3.9 billion capital improvement program for its airport by issuing nearly $200 million of debt .The five-year capital project will include $1.8 billion of gate additions on all concourses and $1.1 billion of improvements to the security and concession areas within its main Jeppesen Terminal.

Lawmakers in the House and Senate may use a series of managers' amendments from Senate Finance Committee chairman Orrin Hatch to negotiate changes to the tax bill that will ensure its passage by that chamber and then approval by the House.

Debbie Padgett, wastewater treatment plant superintendent, said the facility has been renting equipment, such as a mini-excavator, skid steer track loader and backhoe, for the past three years. The city has paid $331,000 in rent to United Rentals, but can purchase the equipment for $141,000.