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A federal judge signed off on sanctions against IFS Securities Inc.'s former head trader for allegedly pocketing phony commissions and unauthorized trades that bankrupted the firm.

Alaska Senate leaders chose not to act on the Gov. Mike Dunleavy's push to pay immediate dividends to taxpayers.

A study by the Reason Foundation attempts to solve the problem of paying both tolls and fuel taxes on the same highway and offers a blueprint for how states can allocate toll revenue.

Puerto Rico bankruptcy judge approved the board’s plan to notify parties of pension limitations, a key to allowing the Plan of Adjustment to move forward.

Fitch Ratings revised the Canaveral Port Authority and Port Everglades rating outlooks to stable from negative as cruise ship activity accelerates.

New York City got a new mayor, comptroller and City Council while Boston and Pittsburgh elected mayors. In New Jersey, final results in the gubernatorial election were still too close to call.

Voters in Virginia also decided the fate of several large bond referendums while Atlanta voters will see a mayoral runoff at the end of the month.

Most bond issues appear to be approved, but many were rejected.

President Joe Biden said he’ll announce soon his choice of nominees for chair and other vacancies on the Federal Reserve, amid a scandal over stock trades by central bank officials.

The FOMC will likely take the opportunity to profess its reliance on data to decide liftoff and reiterate the threshold for a rate hike remains higher than for taper.