With a Rockefeller-backed project, two cities or counties will be selected to issue the first publicly marketed environmental impact bonds (EIBs), enabling them to use a "pay-for-success" model to fund these projects by sharing performance risks with private investors.

The first public-private partnership (P3) for a university parking system demonstrates some lessons for P3's moving forward.

Typically, state-level historic preservation credits are based primarily on the federal tax credit. States that have enacted similar credits but tailor the requirements to their own needs by broadening or decreasing eligibility and amounts.

Brownfield advocates locally and around the country are touting the unique suitability of many former landfills to host solar panels, thereby wringing at least some value out of even the worst contamination sites.

This month's installment of the CDFA//BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, Pete Mathews of CDFA, Leslie Norwood from SIFMA and George Friedlander of Court Street Group Research take a mid-year look at the capital markets, consider the financing trends that volume cap data is showing us, and discuss what you can expect during the last months of 2017.

While there were several individual wins including the funding of the Angel Investment Tax Credit (HB2191), one bill stood out. SB1416, referred to as "The Quality Jobs Bill." The bill, which gives individual private-equity investors state credits on qualifying investments, was signed into law this spring.

The Securities and Exchange Commission this month announced a significant enforcement action against an Oklahoma municipal advisor, Municipal Finance Services, Inc., and two officers of the firm, including its founder and president.

The Internal Revenue Service has extended the deadline for issuers of tax-exempt and tax-advantaged bonds that file claims for the recovery of excess arbitrage they inadvertently rebated to the federal government.

During this installment of the CDFA//BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, you'll learn from SBA 504 Loan Program experts how to apply for financing, who should consider applying, and examples of businesses that have successfully used the 504 program in the past to grow and develop.

In this CDFA webcast, hear from HUD officials and experienced users of the Section 108 program on how the program has been used around the country, and how it can be layered with other development finance tools to support community development.

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