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Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell was confirmed with broad bipartisan support in the Senate to take the helm of the U.S. central bank when Chair Janet Yellen’s term ends Feb. 3.

City officials intend to fight language that they say would put the city on the hook for emergency repairs by the state-run MTA.

The Sales Tax Securitization Corp.’s second offering faced a tougher market environment.

New Jersey and New York lawmakers offer a bill to boost local finances by allowing homeowners who prepaid 2018 property taxes to fully deduct them.

Gov. Ricardo Rosselló's plan to find private investors for Puerto Rico's power utility faces opposition from local leaders and may prove to be a tough sell to potential investors.

Several market participants said it’s hard to take such a proposal seriously.

The state will still review proposed and amended budgets, requests to issue debt and proposed collective bargaining agreements.

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Rep. Robert Pittenger, R-N.C., have asked the GAO how many tax-exempt munis were used for abortion-related facilities during the past 20 years and what was the associated federal tax liability.

The city's bond lawyer was not at the meeting and the board wasn't given a fiscal note saying how much the borrowing would actually cost.

Evergreen Public Schools officials cited aging facilities and a growing population among the chief concerns driving this year's school facilities funding measure.