House transportation chair vows scrutiny of infrastructure funds

In an expected move, Republicans tapped Missouri Rep. Sam Graves to chair the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee. Graves has served as the committee's ranking Republican for four years. The committee has jurisdiction over all modes of transportation, including roads, highways, bridges, railroads and skies, and Graves, a professional pilot, has said he hopes to achieve a bipartisan reauthorization of the federal aviation budget.

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HilltopSecurities has hired 12 municipal bond veterans from Prager & Co. LLC to join its public finance group in New York and California. Prager filed for dissolution as a firm with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority on Dec. 20 and Dallas-based Hilltop hired the banking team, which will bolster its municipal presence on the East and West Coasts.

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David Hodapp, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's director of market regulation, will be leaving the MSRB and his departure is imminent. Hodapp was hired by the MSRB in 2018 and has since been a key voice on many of the board's most important initiatives, including the potential benefits of ESG-labeled bonds, municipal advisor obligations and SEC regulatory relief.?

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P3 that build and operate tolled highway lanes could help meet funding gaps in Tennessee transportation, Gov. Bill Lee said as he unveiled his transportation plan to state officials.

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Columbia Capital Management’s hiring of veteran municipal advisor and banker Jim Stricklin puts boots on the ground for the firm in Arizona with a new office in Phoenix. Stricklin recently joined the independent financial advisory firm as a managing director after 14 years working as an advisor and public finance banker with Wedbush Securities.

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The Louisiana State Bond Commission unanimously approved the sale of up to $1.5 billion of tax-exempt bonds to finance the construction of a manufacturing plant for Origin Materials Inc. The company’s Origin 2 plant is to convert forest and wood processing residues into carbon negative materials.?

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