The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has released draft riders to model bond documents to make it easier for dealers and issuers to comply with issue price rules, including one that would allow revocable bids in competitive sales – a new concept in the municipal market.

Sen. Mike Hall said the bill allows the authority to issue a program in which drivers would pay a flat fee to travel on the road rather than pay individual toll fees. It also authorizes the agency to have reciprocal tolling with other states and would allow it to issue revenue bonds.

Tax credits can help clean up pollution and renew communities, three experts from Buffalo and Denver told Oregon leaders and professionals during a visit to Portland last week – but it's important to think carefully as they're set up.

The National Council of State Agricultural Finance Programs (NCOSAFP) and CDFA are pleased to announce that Rep.Young (R-IA) has reintroduced the Facilitating Farmers' Access to Resources and Machinery Act (FFARM Act), expanding certain exceptions to private activity bond rules for first time farmers.

The National Association of Municipal Advisors is urging the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board to withdraw its proposed rule on MA advertising. If it does not abandon the rule, the MSRB must make a slew of changes to it, said NAMA, many of which dealer groups and other MAs are also requesting.

NJEDA granted preliminary approval under the Energy Resilience Bank (ERB) to support the installation of new combined heat and power (CHP) systems at three hospitals and also announced it had closed on ERB funding related to the construction of a CHP project at another Hospital.

Municipal portfolio managers are sticking with their health care strategies after the failure of the American Health Care Act, saying they expect the Trump administration to continue its quest to undo Obamacare.

Having failed to get Congress to enact a health care bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, President Trump may now be setting up a contentious debate with lawmakers over the budget for fiscal 2017, which is almost half over.

Join us, as our expert speakers provide an inside look into how New Markets Tax Credits can be leveraged and consider opportunities that a surplus creates for qualifying projects.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, CDFA has partnered with Heritage Ohio to explore the wealth of financing tools available to redevelop historic theaters, including 501(c)(3) bonds, TIF, tax credits, and other creative programs. Join us for this special discussion as we highlight success stories from historic theaters across the U.S.

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