Connor Hussey is a reporter for the Bond Buyer. Before settling on municipal securities, he covered many facets of the finance industry, including private equity for Private Equity International and Private
Funds CFO, as well as tax for the International Tax Review and financial law for the International Financial Law Review. He has a B.A. in Economics and English Literature from the University of Maine.
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COVID-19 stimulus and related infrastructure spending are causing state expenditures to reach a 35-year high, according to NASBO’s 2019-2021 State Expenditure Report.
November 19 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s new report on the use of internal and external liquidity in the municipal bond market shows that for transactions under $100,000 external liquidity has steadily increased since 2011.
November 18 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board will begin accepting applications for two public and two regulated representatives to join its 15-member board.
November 17 -
Local governments are still processing funds from the CARES and ARPA bills.
November 15 -
The Build Back Better reconciliation bill would raise the SALT cap to $80,000 from $10,000, and that impact varies widely from state to state.
November 12 -
The bipartisan infrastructure bill passed over the weekend, offering munis an indirect win by providing an influx of funds to state and local authorities.
November 8 -
A study by the Reason Foundation attempts to solve the problem of paying both tolls and fuel taxes on the same highway and offers a blueprint for how states can allocate toll revenue.
November 3 -
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler focused much of his comments during SIFMA’s Annual Meeting on why he considers himself to be just getting the ball rolling on climate disclosures.
November 2 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board plans to request comment on its supervision rule within the next month.
October 29 -
The tax on unrealized capital gains would be straightforward for securities that trade frequently, but less so for less-frequently traded assets like many munis.
October 27 -
The Internal Revenue Service has moved to mandatory electronic filing of its form which deals with direct payments of Build America Bonds and Qualified Zone Academy Bonds.
October 22 -
Green bonds and ESG are making it difficult for muni issuers to understand what to disclose and when.
October 21 -
“That's a big loss to me personally and to the commission,” SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said Wednesday.
October 21 -
Two issuers, the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority and the Village of Franklin Park, Illinois, have disclosed in the past week that they’re under audit by the Internal Revenue Service.
October 18 -
The Internal Revenue Service’s Tax Exempt Bond program will not be significantly overhauled as part of the agency’s restructuring and modernization efforts, officials say, but there are a few changes to forms and procedures that bear paying attention to.
October 15 -
A recent panel discussion shed some light on how issuers and borrowers should be disclosing climate related information.
October 14 -
The National Association of Bond Lawyers' new president intends to focus the group's efforts and provide support for infrastructure legislation in Washington.
October 12 -
Officials from multiple regulators came together on Thursday for a detailed discussion about municipal advisory regulation.
October 8 -
The proposed guidance does not indicate any particular problems with compliance, the MSRB said.
October 6 -
The IRS extension allowing TEFRA hearings to be completed over the phone through March 31, 2022, might well be extended even more, tax lawyers say.
October 4
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