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The high-yield muni fund's collapse in 2025 showed the dangers of investing in a market where liquidity is famously limited.

In a June letter to the SEC, Truth in Accounting expressed its "strong concerns regarding the GASB Accounting Support Fee and the broader role of" GASB itself.

For the 25th year, The Bond Buyer editorial board will identify and recognize the year's most outstanding municipal finance transactions. The deadline for nominations is Friday, October 2.

The revised bill removes provisions creating state-backed credit enhancement for affordable housing bonds, calling instead for a study of housing finance tools.

"SIFMA applauds the MSRB's forward-thinking efforts to modernize its rules," its comment letter said.

Funded ratios remain useful, but they can mask risky assumptions, illiquid investments and correlated exposures that may force higher government pension contributions during the next downturn, writes Market Intelligence analyst Jeff Lipton.

The New York-based business "acted as an unregistered broker in connection with 31 municipal bond offerings," the SEC alleged in its order.

Law firms, think tanks and advocacy groups are digesting the ROAD to Housing bill and offering strategies to municipalities about how to maximize the public finance benefits.

A report by Ceres found climate risk — and climate resilience — disclosure uneven after a review of offering documents from 60 recent municipal bond sales.

The draft RBP "updates and augments" an RBP on LSTs released in 2000, the NFMA said.

The Oklahoma audit uncovered "complex financial schemes" allegedly by a former Tulsa Public Schools administrator that involved $3.73 million in bond proceeds.

"I actually think that this was a difficult case for the SEC enforcement division to bring, a close call, on the facts," attorney Andrew Kintzinger said.

Puerto Rico's electric authority, mired in nine-year-old bankruptcy proceedings, is running low on cash and its efforts to reduce outages aren't succeeding.

Student housing bonds trade wide for a reason: declining college-age populations, private competition and non-recourse structures make demand, disclosure, university commitment and stress-testing the signals investors need to validate, writes Market Intelligence analyst Jeff Lipton.

Lobbyists and lawyers are both watching three pieces of legislation that would expand the use of private activity bonds in housing, transportation infrastructure, and student loans.

In 2015, the SEC brought a complaint against Brogdon, alleging fraudulent conduct.

A new bill would increase the capacity of state and local housing finance agencies to issue tax-free municipal housing bonds by exempting them from the PAB cap.

As the Nebraska nonprofit Boys Town began construction on its $300 million bond-financed hospital expansion, several Boys Town employees were arrested and charged with child abuse.

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.