President-elect Donald Trump will unleash the potential of private investments and use innovative financing tools to rebuild the nation's transportation networks, Transportation Secretary-designate Elaine Chao told lawmakers at her Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

The Kresge Foundation is loaning $5 million to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority to operate the loan fund, aiming to lower the barrier for local entrepreneurs. This investment is the culmination of a year long negotiation between Kresge and the Port of Cincinnati; a relationship brokered by CDFA.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel isn't happy with Moody's Investors Service, so he's trying to make the rating agency go away. Emanuel's administration disclosed that the mayor formally asked Moody's to withdraw all of the city ratings. The disclosure came ahead of investor meetings set for this week.

The Water Research Foundation (WRF), a leading sponsor of innovative research supporting the water community, has published a new report to help utilities assess several new and emerging capital financing alternatives.

In the three years since the State Treasurer's Office issued the first California green bond, over $2 billion in green bonds have been issued in the state. Green bonds are used to finance projects with environmentally positive attributes such as renewable energy or energy efficiency projects.

The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) and the Build America Bureau signed a pioneering, first-of-its-kind Master Credit Agreement (MCA). The agreement lays a foundation for working together to initiate four transit projects in the Seattle area.

State and local groups told members of Congress that tax-exempt bonds are the cornerstone of infrastructure financing, signed by representatives of the GFOA, the National Governors Association, USCM, the National Association of State Treasurers, and NACo and other groups.

A bipartisan trio of lawmakers intends to file a pair of House bills that would use revenues from international tax reform to fund infrastructure projects.

CDFA is pleased to announce Downtown Colorado, Inc. (DCI) as an official partner of the CDFA Colorado Financing Roundtable.

Spurred by mid-year refundings in a low rate environment, municipal bond volume reached an all-time high in 2016, surpassing the record previously set in 2010. With the Fed raising rates this past December, and the potential for more on the horizon, how will the municipal bond market respond? What can we expect as we move into 2017? During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast, hear industry experts gaze into their crystal ball and provide a glimpse of the year ahead.

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