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This week to see first House and Senate committee hearings in five years on sustainable options for the Highway Trust Fund.
June 12 -
Sponsors say a newly introduced measure to slash the federal gasoline tax would give the states flexibility in transportation funding.
June 11 -
A federal judge denied requests by two Florida counties seeking to block the issuance of $1.75 billion in private activity bonds for a private passenger train project.
June 11 -
The Long Beach Community College District in California has paid the Internal Revenue Service about $1.01 million to settle tax issues concerning its $48.37 million general obligation bond issue from 2008.
June 9 -
A Florida attorney who says his property will be devalued by a private passenger train wants to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging tax-exempt financing for the project.
June 9 - New Jersey
California has improved its budget practices and Virginia has enacted pension reforms, but New Jersey has been unable to get past chronic pension and budget problems, a nonprofit group found in a report released Monday.
June 8 - Washington
Moody's Investors Service downgrades to Ba2 from Baa3 $290 million Howard University revenue bonds, Series 2011 A and 2011 B issued by the District of Columbia.
June 5 -
A federal appeals court denied the appeals of a trio of convicted bid-riggers Thursday in a ruling that could have lasting effects for future fraudsters.
June 5 -
President Obama threatens to veto a House committee's fiscal 2016 transportation appropriations bill over low funding levels.
June 2 -
Municipal issuers spent $2,000 to $18,000 to do continuing disclosure reviews under the Securities and Exchange Commission's Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative and the vast majority of them felt they were forced to do them, the Government Finance Officers Association said during a spirited panel discussion here Tuesday.
June 2