Connor Hussey

The bill from Chuck Grassley and other Senate Republicans would extend the $10,000 cap on the state and local tax deduction for federal income tax filers.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the City of Rochester, New York, its former finance director, former CFO and their municipal advisor with misleading investors in a $119 million bond offering.

The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday brought small business leaders together to discuss the pitfalls of complying with dozens if not hundreds of local tax regimes.

Hiring qualified candidates for many positions within state and local governments has reached its worst period in 50 years, panelists at the 116th annual GFOA conference said on Sunday.

The MSRB addressed its controversial request for information during the Government Finance Officers Association’s first live conference in two years.

Bryant spent much time working to empower finance departments trying to pull their respective states, cities and localities out of the pitfalls caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has filed a proposal to change its fee structure to account for prior year market results in a move that will help the board cover budget shortfalls.

The SEC charged the town, former mayor Vern Breland, municipal adviser Twin Spires Financial and its owner Aaron Fletcher with misleading investors in connection with bond offerings in 2017 and 2018.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has come forward with a proposal that would expand the Names Rule to include any language associated with ESG related metrics.

Toll roads, registration fees and mileage-based fees are seen as the most sustainable options for replacing declining fuel tax revenue, but feasibility issues and political pressures complicate the way ahead.

Panelists at the NFMA 2022 annual conference said they aren’t holding out for advance refunding to be reinstated anytime soon.

Issuer fears that ESG regulation will lead to disclosure trouble are overblown, the SEC’s muni office chief said Wednesday.

Governance is the single most important ESG factor in public finance ratings, given the impact of governance structure, Fitch said.

An MSRB analysis finds that trading volumes have fallen dramatically since the Great Recession, led by a drop in short-term paper, while trading surged at certain times of uncertainty and market dislocation.

A third of states lost population in 2021, a trend that is likely to continue and one that will have significant impact on the way in which state finance officials operate in the years to come.

The development could potentially affect the tax-exempt status of bonds issued for the school, though it will likely be resolved before that happens.

Norman Mineta was a transformative force in transportation policy, capable of building bridges across the political aisle.

Audit times for municipal bond issuers are on the rise, with the median reaching 164 days in 2020 compared with 147 in 2009.

The MSRB plans to issue a request for comment on its Rule G-14, in addition to publishing a summary of the comments on its request for information on ESG factors.

The city has received a notice from the IRS seeking evidence bond proceeds were used on the construction, rehabilitation or repair of public school buildings.