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Moody's Investors Service said it has placed San Francisco Community College District's A1 rating on review for possible downgrade ahead of a decision on its accreditation.

George Canellos and Andrew Ceresney have been named co-directors of the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement division — the first time the SEC will has had two leaders of the group.

SIFMA urged a House Ways and Means tax reform working group to leave municipal bonds alone and warned that tax credit bonds as an alternative are not an effective option.

Frank Shafroth on Friday left the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, where he was director of legislative affairs and intergovernmental relationships, to focus on his post at George Mason University.

A team of El Paso, Texas, officials and advisors spent last week traveling to New York and Washington, D.C., to trumpet their planned nearly half a billion dollar bond-financed overhaul of the city's downtown area, which they see as a major game-changer for their region.

Twelve organizations representing the 501(c)(3) bond community submitted comments to a House Ways and Means tax reform working group urging them to protect tax-exempt bond financing.

A new push is underway in the California Legislature to reinvigorate local economic development financing after the shutdown of redevelopment agencies.

A report from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials details the funding plans of 30 states, including some creative options.

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the chief executive officer of a Chicago-based advisory firm with lying to the California Public Employers' Retirement System and other clients about the amount of money managed by the firm.

The California Public Employees' Retirement System approved new actuarial policies that are anticipated to raise costs for already-strapped municipalities.