The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) will be awarding up to $196 million under the fiscal year (FY) 2017 round of the Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program)

Sedgwick County commissioners have voted to approve a TIF district by Wichita, KS. The project will include a multi-use pathway for the neighborhood and the renovation or reconstruction of Lawrence-Dumont Stadium as a multi use stadium for other sports, concerts and special events.

A Federal judge ruled that the lawsuits filed by Martin and Indian River counties challenging All Aboard Florida's plan to sell tax-exempt bonds were moot because the US DOT has withdrawn its 2014 approval granting Brightline permission to sell up to $1.75 billion in bonds to pay for the rail project.

Reps. Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.) and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), the co-chairman of the Municipal Finance Caucus, discuss the negative impacts that capping or eliminating the municipal interest exemption would have nationally on efforts to improve infrastructure

The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) has published the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for its 2017 Regional Innovations Strategies (RIS) program. The application period will close June 23, 2017.

In a joint investigation, NPR — together with the PBS series Frontline — found that with little federal oversight, LIHTC has produced fewer units than it did 20 years ago, even though it's costing taxpayers 66 percent more in tax credits.

This publication is a basic guide to the yield restriction and rebate requirements from the IRS. Understanding the arbitrage requirements can help issuers and conduit borrowers comply with their obligations and prevent violations of the arbitrage requirements.

The Joplin, Mo., Recovery Tax Increment Financing District that covers the disaster zone and downtown could be paid off in four to five years, as much as 13 years early at its current rate of growth, the Joplin City Council was told Monday night.

MTA, one of the largest municipal issuers with roughly $36.5 billion of debt, bought a $200 million catastrophe bond in mid-2013, less than a year after Hurricane Sandy struck the region. The transaction, through MTA subsidiary First Mutual Transportation Assurance Co., enabled the MTA to enhance its overall reinsurance portfolio.

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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This report from Gilmore & Bell summarizes 10 state level economic development programs in Missouri. Included in this report is a legislative update on existing programs.

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