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The industry-shaping inductees helped shape the laws, practices, institutions and analytical approaches that underpin municipal finance, while building legacies that extend beyond individual deals and organizations.

Introducing The Bond Buyer's newest class of Rising Stars, who will be honored at an awards dinner in Chicago on Sept. 14-15, 2026.

"The position is open in Washington, D.C. or any SEC regional office, including New York City," Rebecca Olsen, deputy chief of the Public Finance Abuse Unit, said in a LinkedIn post.

"They're totally more vulnerable," Michael Sudsina, president and CEO of Ohio-based municipal advisory firm Sudsina & Associates, LLC, said.

If the referendum passes, it is expected to have major impacts on the finances of local governments in Florida.

Market Intelligence analyst Jeff Lipton says overreliance on financial ratios can obscure forward-looking credit risks, making qualitative factors such as political willingness, management strategy, cyber-threat preparedness, legal security and economic and policy change essential to muni decision-making.

As Virginia prepares for a key primary election on Tuesday, the controversy over tax exemptions and data center proliferation is spurring alerts from law firms.

A California-based technology company was early in the contract phase of acquiring land in Oregon's capital city to build a data center.

PREPA bondholders asked the court to allow actions against Puerto Rico's central government, which they say undermined the authority's ability to pay its bonds.

Carey R. Troell has rejoined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in its Houston office, the law firm announced this week. 

The National Association of Bond Lawyers reacts to an IRS request for comments on a proposed change to section 148 in the tax code that regulates arbitrage and cash allocations with a resounding "no."

The value of the Florida cancer treatment center and the mortgaged property is unlikely to cover the bond debt, the trustee said.

A new law in Virginia goes into effect as attorneys provide counsel about economic development authorities serving as conduit bond issuers for affordable housing communities.

The filing comes after the MSRB in January published a request for comment seeking input on draft amendments to Rule G-27.

"It behooves everybody to get something consensual," said a Florida bankruptcy attorney.

Volume-cap allocations can reveal which projects will gain access to tax-exempt financing and which may be crowded out, making private-activity bond rules a practical signal for issuers, advisors and investors, according to Market Intelligence analyst Jeff Lipton.

During the meeting, the board also approved a $48 million FY2027 budget, representing a 3.7% increase from the MSRB's FY2026 budget.

Bondholder liens did not arise "solely by force of a statute," but depended on contract agreements and trust indentures and therefore don't survive bankruptcy, the court said.

Florida counties are facing off against a PACE bond-issuing agency over whether they must collect taxes that would back up to $5 billion in approved bonds.

While NAMA believes FA references should be eliminated, it urged the MSRB to address the proposed amendments as part of its retrospective review of MA rules.