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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.

Arizona governor Doug Ducey has standing to sue the U.S. Treasury, his office told a federal court, after the federal agency moved to dismiss a suit brought after it warned that federal pandemic funds shouldn’t be used to undermine federal mask and school mandates.

State and local governments are flush with cash and well-positioned to embrace the coming storm, experts say.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s second quarter meeting will feature discussion of one of the board's more controversial recent publications.

The audit was brought on by the Internal Revenue Service in September 2021 in connection with Series 2013B bonds.

The court's decision leaves issuers back to looking for a legislative solution.

States need to balance the growing concerns about oil prices with the need for infrastructure, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said.

The measure would cut the number of balanced budgets needed for the island to achieve fiscal independence.

Underperforming public golf courses are an opportunity for localities to privatize, a new report says.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has sustained the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s disciplinary action against J.W. Korth & Company.

The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement bill,if passed, could wipe out some hesitations for issuers hoping to finance their own marijuana facilities.