Connor Hussey

In a hearing held by the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, representatives for local governments and public power agencies expressed what they see as essential in getting the most out of the Inflation Reduction Act's tax credits.

Calls the save the tax exemption are sounding as rising U.S. debt to GDP ratios and increased interest rates could point to austerity measures in the near future.

A letter signed by GFOA, NLC and NACo, expressed concerns over the IRS and Treasury's tax credit election, particularly, complexities around pre-filing and compliance.

The disaster in Hawaii highlights the increasing importance of Congress to act on the dwindling budget of FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund.

Doty, 81, touched nearly every facet of the public finance industry over his almost fifty-year career.

A $40 billion White House supplemental funding request includes $12 billion for FEMA's disaster relief fund, but critics say it may be safer to consider the measure alone.

The board has added Alexander Chilton, Michael Craft, Pamela Frederick, Wendell Gaertner, and Christopher Kendall, as well as the returning Ernesto Lanza as chief regulatory and policy officer.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said FEMA's main disaster relief fund needs to be replenished and has been in talks with the Biden Administration over plans for a supplemental spending bill.

Brandon Comer and his firm Comer Capital Group are in talks to settle the Securities and Exchange Commission charges against them ahead of a pretrial conference Nov. 17.

During its quarterly board meeting, the MSRB approved its controversial one-minute trade reporting window and approved a $47 million budget for FY 2024.

The action does not have immediate implications for municipal issuers but could give the muni market a sense of how the SEC is beginning to think about cybersecurity risks.

The organization's first ever recommended best practices for State Revolving Funds will be available for public comment through Sept. 30.

The bill will move onto the Senate in hopes of reaching President Biden's desk before the current Federal Aviation Administration authorization expires on Sept. 30.

Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Securities is the seventh firm charged by the Commission for failing to comply with the appropriate disclosures in connection with the limited offering exemption.

The proposed change to a one-minute reporting window will be discussed at the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board upcoming quarterly meeting.

Despite efforts to pinpoint the problems that stand in the way of data standardization, solving those issues is still a long way off, panelists at the Brookings Municipal Finance Conference said.

The rule amendments would create an exemption for previously qualified municipal advisors to forego requalification after a lapse in working for a municipal advisor.

The SEC has adopted amendments that will increase minimum liquidity requirements, among other features but will only affect the muni market on the margins.

Vern Breland has been permanently barred from participating in any municipal securities issuance after he and the city's municipal advisor were charged with misleading investors on two offerings.

The SEC has settled with Robert Benecke and his firm Benecke Economics for acting as an unregistered MA in a case that is emblematic of the growing problem regulators and advisors alike face.