Lynn Hume

The 2017-2018 plan contains one new item — private activity bond guidance.

Treasury, IRS concerns remain that some political subdivisions are controlled by developers.

BDA is bolstering its federal legislative and regulatory policy staff.

MSRB worries about "pennying," "filtering," bank loans, pricing

The awards were presented were presented at a meeting in Chicago.

SEC muni enforcement lawyers have become sophisticated and have a wealth of data to mine.

Some lawyers like the more targeted process, others have concerns,

The MSRB said its rules prohibit municipal advisors from passing on fees to municipal issuers.

IRS examiners will focus on compliance with arbitrage, PAB requirements for munis.

Municpal advisor firms would have to pay $500 rather than $300 annually for each MA professional.

The tax reform plan does not mention munis and market participants would rather see it in writing than have assurances from the White House.

Underwriters are "holding the price" for five days even if they don't need to.

About 36% of municipal advisor firms are sole practitioners, MSRB says.

FINRA cases involved muni rule violations relating to minimum denominations and conflicts of interest.

The bill passed by the Senate to protect Puerto Rican investors is like one pending in the House.

Conventional thinking about local government finances must be re-examined, NLC report says.

A compliance outreach program for municipal advisors is to be held on Nov. 8 by three regulators.

Treasury acted quickly to open its SLGS window after the debt limit was suspended through Dec. 8.

Former Treasury official Kent Hiteshew will keep his hand in infrastructure, Puerto Rico issues.

Posey County, Ind., agreed to give a developer tax increment revenues to repay its bonds.