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Chicago’s motor fuel bonds, the city’s park district, and Cook County suffered rating or outlook cuts this week.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell spoke with his Chinese counterpart on the eve of an emergency Fed interest rate cut March 3.

The California Supreme Court will hold online oral arguments Tuesday in a public pension case that could challenge the so-called "California Rule."

Issuance in the public finance sector is likely to contract in 2020, S&P Research says.

The MSRB is looking to cut back on repetition in its broker-dealer suitability rules, which is a welcome change for the dealer community as Reg BI goes into effect in less than two months.

The U.S. economy will likely need more fiscal stimulus as it weathers a “severe” contraction from the effects of coronavirus-prompted shut downs, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said there could be three tranches of federal aid directed to state, county and municipal governments

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney's revised budget proposed reflects a massive revenue shortfall, related to the shutdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Better technology can help enhance efficiency, analysts and civic leaders say.

The Municipal Liquidity Facility is not enough to counter the fiscal effects of COVID-19, says the man who helped rescue the city from its 1970s fiscal crisis.