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• IRS closes Florida jail bond audit after bonds converted to taxable

  

  IRS agents are increasingly closing audits with no action if bonds are converted to taxable.

  Munis Lynn Hume 6h ago

  Munis Lynn Hume 6h ago

• Stringer: A responsible rise in NYC’s $89.96B FY18 budget

  

  New York City’s $87.96 billion budget for fiscal 2018 shows “a responsible increase” of 2.8% from the adjusted 2017 budget, according to an analysis done by New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer.

  Budgets Chip Barnett 7h ago

  Budgets Chip Barnett 7h ago

• Web Seminar New developments in higher education finance

  As colleges and universities become more entrepreneurial and embrace a wider range of financing options, including in particular more taxable debt, it is useful to compare and contrast the financing options that have developed.

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• Munis end mixed as NYC’s $900M of GOs price for institutions

  

  Top quality municipal bonds finished mixed on Wednesday, as the Federal Reserve voted to keep interest rates unchanged.

  Primary bond market Chip Barnett 8h ago

  Primary bond market Chip Barnett 8h ago

• Illinois sends out Medicaid payments

  

  Illinois made $740 million in Medicaid-related payments this week.

  Government finance 8h ago

  Government finance 8h ago

• Fitch analyst raises concerns about Virgin Islands budget

  

  The U.S. Virgin Islands' proposed budget may be overly optimistic in its revenue and spending assumptions, according to a Fitch Ratings analyst.

  Budgets Robert Slavin 9h ago

  Budgets Robert Slavin 9h ago

• Michigan Gov. Snyder moves to slow tax breaks

  

  The sales tax breaks on car trade-ins comes at too great a price for the state.

  Budgets Nora Colomer 10h ago

  Budgets Nora Colomer 10h ago