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California Controller John Chiang said January revenues came in $4.3 billion above estimates in the governor's proposed budget.

Public finance officials and infrastructure investors need to stop talking about "the deal" and start managing political risks with clear, easily understood language, participants at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce panel said Wednesday.

Appointed members of state and local governmental boards will likely be exempted from the Securities and Exchange Commission's final definition of municipal advisor, which is expected to be released early this year, the SEC chairman said Thursday.

Transportation and business leaders on Wednesday discussed controversial solutions for funding American infrastructure, including Build America Bonds, gasoline tax increases, and wider use of tolling.

A San Bernardino County lawsuit seeking to recoup a portion of a $102 million settlement with a developer could force Upland, Calif. into bankruptcy, the city manager says.

A bill that would allow states to collect taxes from online purchases will be introduced in both chambers of Congress on Thursday, after several setbacks at the end of last year.

The MSRB's Jay Goldstone reminded that comments on its review of its rules and interpretive guidance rule changes are due Feb. 19, asking commenters to offer specific suggestions and critiques.

California Treasurer Bill Lockyer has set a multi-billion dollar bond sale calendar for this spring that gives business to underwriters and bond counsels he had said would be excluded unless they restructured perceived bad capital appreciation bond deals.

San Bernardino heads into a second status conference on its bankruptcy Tuesday missing two key players – interim city manager Andrea Travis-Miller and finance director Jason Simpson.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is proposing to create a new Rule G-47 that would codify current guidance on the obligations of dealers to disclose material information about municipal securities to customers at or before the time of purchase or sale.