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“A year after two devastating hurricanes, Calcasieu Parish is struggling to rebuild because FEMA works at the pace of a snail,” says Treasurer John Schroder.

Municipals have been distracted by the robust primary market and that trend will continue next week when another large new-issue calendar greets investors.

The board sent mixed signals on a possibility of deal with legislature on pension cuts.

Detroit revised its revenue estimates upward this week as more revenue flows from the reopening of casinos and new internet gambling options.

Several strategists estimate the municipal market will be 50% taxable in five years if a direct-pay bond option makes its way into law.

Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Friday the House will vote next week on the debt ceiling as well as a must-pass stopgap spending measure.

RBC and two muni managers settled charges of flipping bonds in the SEC's latest action targeting abuse of retail order periods.

Concerns range from frayed infrastructure to better communication in the face of the deadly flash flooding that caught the city by surprise in storm Ida.

An S&P Global Ratings analyst says the foregone rental assistance funding isn't likely to be a credit issue for the state in the near term.

The local government is trying to apply pressure on the board to get its way on the Plan of Adjustment.