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The RTA, which oversees three big Chicago-area transit agencies, is among the organizations that wants the state government to pass a long-awaited capital bill.

The Treasury Department announced its auction closing schedule for the holiday weeks.

The delay in Washington means state and local budget planners lack critical federal inputs until early next year.

Dan White of Moody’s Analytics discusses public policy responses to the Great Recession and how municipalities can best prepare themselves for the next recession, which looks likely to hit in the next three to four years. Chip Barnett hosts.

Michael J. Mitchell, a 40-year veteran of public finance law, is remembered as a mentor.

November housing starts rose by 3.2% to a 1.256 million annual rate, according to data released Tuesday by the Commerce Department.

New York service sector activity “expanded slightly” in December, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Business Leaders Survey.

A federal judge in Texas ruled that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, which would affect nonprofit hospital credits if it withstands appeal.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is establishing a formal Academic Program as part of its mission to support academic and other researchers.

Market participants will focus on reading the tea leaves of the Fed statement Wednesday.