Sarah Wynn

It's time for municipalities to rethink the way they're spending on water infrastructure, experts said this week.

Stephen Benjamin, mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, said P3s already work in metropolitan areas and dialogue needs to be opened with smaller cities looking at P3s.

During the kickoff to infrastructure week, the National League of Cities president said the market will take a hit if an infrastructure bill doesn't pass.

At the National Federation of Municipal Analysts’ annual meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, members asked the board to find ways to open up communications between investors and issuers.

Data from a Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board report released Wednesday showed a continuing decline in the number of dealers.

At the National Federation of Municipal Analysts annual conference, panelists discussed the “elephant in the room” — myths about issuer disclosure.

Mary Francoeur of PFM Financial Advisors passed out the awards during the annual NFMA conference in Charleston, South Carolina.

In a letter sent to the SEC and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board late last week, the group said lapses in issuer financial disclosures are unacceptable.

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association said to manually input the data would require more time and staff.

While groups were encouraged to see a bipartisan meeting with Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, some fear munis could be hurt in the compromise.