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The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s pending fee changes will be unfair and excessively burdensome, dealer and advisor groups told the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The National Federation of Municipal Analysts has released the final version of its set of best practices for state government general obligation bond disclosure, the first part of an ongoing update to a set of recommended best practices from 2001.

Ambac Assurance Corp., in a bankruptcy court filing, says San Bernardino's plan of adjustment is more aspirational than real.

Brazos County wants a ruling from the state on property tax exemption of a bond-financed P3 dormitory at Texas A&M.

Issuance costs average 1.02% of principal nationally, while ranging to around 10% for some California school districts, according to a report from Public Sector Credit Solutions.

Standard & Poor's has put the San Mateo County (Calif.) Board of Education on negative watch and warned of a possible rating withdrawal later this month because the rating agency says the issuer is not providing information quickly enough.

A California study into conduit borrowers’ disclosure practices says the industry should try to make disclosure more consistent to allow investors to better evaluate investment alternatives.

The National Conference of State Legislatures is urging Congress to not consider extending or making permanent the moratorium on state and local governments taxing Internet access unless it does so at the same time as or after it considers legislation that would allow states to require out-of-state online retailers to collect sales taxes.

California’s unemployment rate now sits at its lowest since February 2008 and year-to-date revenues are $474 million above the forecasted $13.36 billion, according to the state’s latest finance bulletin released Wednesday.

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced this week that he convened a meeting of the state's business leaders to discuss Alaska's fiscal future and how to reduce its multi-billion dollar budget deficit.