The federal government recently revised the Transportation Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act[1] (“TIFIA”) to allow the U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) to provide more financing to certain infrastructure improvement projects, including commercial to residential conversions. The TIFIA program currently has over $70 billion dollars in lending capacity. As of January […]
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Update of Legislative Action Through Day 22 of the 2024 Nebraska Legislative Session
The Second Regular Session of the 108th Nebraska Legislature convened on January 3, 2024. As of the publishing of this article, thirty-eight (38) legislative days remain in the session. Through the first ten days of this session we identified, analyzed and summarized one hundred and two (102) legislative bills of interest. Links […]
Legislative Bill 531 Makes Several Important Changes to Tax Increment Financing in Nebraska
Legislative Bill 531 (“LB 531”) became law on June 6, 2023. This bill made six important changes to Community Development Law and tax increment financing (“TIF”) in Nebraska. While LB 531 has been law for a bit, it makes enough important changes that we thought it beneficial to send a […]
Summaries from Days 6-10 of Nebraska Bill Introduction
The Second Regular Session of the 108th Nebraska Legislature convened on January 3, 2024. As of January 17, the period to introduce new legislation for this session has closed. As of the publishing of this article, forty-eight (48) legislative days remain in the session. Through the first five days of bill introduction, […]
EPA Grants Louisiana Primacy Over Carbon Capture and Storage Permitting
State primacy should help local projects obtain faster approval. Other states may follow Louisiana’s lead in applying for primacy. Louisiana recently became the third state with primacy to issue Class VI permits for carbon capture and storage (“CCS”) projects within the state. North Dakota and Wyoming received in 2018 and […]