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Strong infrastructure investment could greatly benefit the U.S. Here are numerous examples over 10 key areas.

Republicans delegates adopted a 2016 platform at their national convention in Cleveland that supports statehood for Puerto Rico, but not for the District of Columbia. The GOP also wants to abolish the Internal Revenue Service, overhaul the federal tax code, and expand the use of P3s for infrastructure projects.

The Oregon State Treasury is offering a new intermediate-term investment tool for local governments.

Nearly everyone agrees that modern, well-maintained infrastructure is a huge benefit to the country, but making those investments has become politically divisive. What if that controversy didn't exist?

Dougherty & Co. was hit with the largest Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fine of its kind in recent years after the firm agreed to pay $50,000 for serving as an underwriter for 54 issuers with which it had ongoing "blanket" financial advisory agreements.

California tax revenue missed projections by $708 million in fiscal 2016, the state Department of Finance announced.

A repeal of the tax exemption for municipal bonds would cost state and local governments an additional $495 billion in interest over a ten-year period, Bond Dealers of America told Congress recently.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is providing some new information about muni trades on its Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA) system.

A report issued by the Alaska governor's office outlines “dire consequences” for the state’s fiscal health if the state's legislature fails to take decisive action.

Pension fund veteran Marcie Frost will helm the nation's largest public employee retirement plan, the California Public Employees' Retirement System.