Caitlin Devitt has covered the municipal bond market since 2008. She began her journalism career at the Herald Newspapers on the South Side of Chicago, starting as a reporter and rising to Managing Editor. While at The Bond Buyer, she covered the Detroit bankruptcy among other Midwest-based stories. Devitt joined Debtwire Municipals in 2016, where she covered the high-yield municipal bond market for five years, before returning to the Bond Buyer as Senior Infrastructure Reporter. She lives in Chicago with her family.
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Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi told lawmakers he would not support a PREPA debt settlement that would cause "extraordinary increases in the cost of electricity."
November 18 -
The DOT's federal financing pipeline has mushroomed in recent years, as has the type of projects being financed.
November 16 -
Nixon Peabody attorney Roderick Devlin joins Caitlin Devitt to talk about asset recycling, a niche market in the public-private partnership world. Devlin explains what asset recycling is — and is not — as well as the sector's state of play in the U.S. and where it might be headed. (32 minutes)
November 15 -
New York-based Anne Tricerri took a circuitous route to becoming Fitch Rating's director of global infrastructure and project finance.
November 14 -
Republicans critical of the infrastructure law won't be able to stop the flow of federal funds, even if they win the House.
November 11 -
With midterms over, the action now turns to lame-duck legislation that may impact the muni market.
November 9 -
Republican control of the House would bring leadership changes to key finance and tax-writing committees that affect the municipal bond market.
November 8 -
Federal emergency aid, while protecting against downgrades and defaults in areas hit by extreme weather, won't bail out areas that face less visible climate effects like rising heat.
November 7 -
A lack of standards from regulators and ratings agencies leaves municipal credit analysts "on their own" when it comes to evaluating climate-related risks.
November 4 -
Federal infrastructure dollars continue to support driver-related programs, now with an emphasis on reducing tailpipe emissions.
November 2