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The pandemic presents new challenges to regulators examining municipal advisor firms.

A lot is at stake for the public finance industry in this fall's elections, in addition to the Fed's involvement in the municipal market. Bond Buyer editors Lynne Funk and Kyle Glazier discuss the climate in Washington. (10 minutes)

The authority's issue will also provide new money to help finance renovations at the state's historic capitol building in Lansing.

Federal Judge Mark Cohen formally closed out the lawsuit between the two utilities and Jacksonville after a term sheet was posted settling the litigation.

Municipals were steady on Thursday a day after turning weaker for the first time in almost two months. Refinitiv Lipper reported $2.3 billion of inflows.

The picture remains grim for the U.S. labor market as it attempts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, even though fresh initial jobless claims fell to under a million for the first time since March.

Hector Matos brings years of experience as a Texas school finance expert and Citigroup banker to Raymond James' new San Antonio office, the firm said.

State and local governments would lay off an additional 1.5 million to 2 million workers if that happens, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics.

State lawmakers closed a $1.2 billion budget hole during a 15-hour special session, but they may need to return in the absence of federal coronavirus aid.

The fund has a target size of $250 million and will target minority- and women-owned business enterprises to maximize social impact.