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States so far have taken the lead in mileage-based user fee programs, which would now be taken up on the federal level for the first time.

A proposal from the Ohio Treasury would provide a new enhancement for state-purchased public university debt and offer a backstop for hospitals' VRDOs.

Some policymakers in the nation’s capital have urged the Federal Reserve banks of Boston and Dallas to consider people of color and women while selecting new presidents. Republicans led by Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania say the process should be left to the local bank boards.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency lifted its outlook to positive before Lee County sold bonds for the Southwest Florida International Airport.

The pandemic exposed weaknesses in the old ways of doing things, he said during a virtual Citizens Budget Commission awards presentation in New York.

The bill would have required cities, counties and the California Highway Patrol to post the amounts paid, broken down by individual settlement and judgment.

Modern economic growth in the U.S. is dependent on credit creation — which has perpetuated a cycle of suppressed yields and inflated asset prices. While credit creation has been accelerating away from GDP growth for the last 15 years with no signs of stopping, retirement investors are left in the intractable situation of watching the value of their savings erode. What can be done?

A fresh debate on the debt ceiling could come as soon as December, as Congress also faces deadlines on surface transportation and stopgap government funding.

Volatility in the U.S. Treasury market continues to pull on municipal bond valuations, despite little trading volume.

Three-quarters of the way through the year, municipal bond issuance has risen 3.1% compared to the same period in 2020. So far in 2021, volume totals $340.99 billion in 9,082 transactions compared to $330.71 billion in 8,577 deals in the first nine months of 2020.