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The budget provides more money to state and local governments and record levels of funding for schools and railroad initiatives.

The New York Fed has called on regulators to issue updated rules on money market funds, but the market effects are quickly transforming the market.

Even deals that go bankrupt can be seen as successes in the U.S. P3 market, which may face an "inflection point" with the new infrastructure law.

Elements of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s climate disclosure proposal may influence the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board as it considers more specific rules for the municipal bond market.

The Internal Revenue Service will permanently allow TEFRA hearings to be held remotely.

The MSRB has issued a warning that with the rise in interest rates in recent months, bonds trading at a discount may be less liquid than those trading at par.

The city has succeeded in defending the tax-exempt status of a series of bonds issued in 2013 against IRS claims that they should be retroactively taxable.

The Government Finance Officers Association issued a warning for government officials aiming to deal in cryptocurrencies in addition to updating its best practices for issuers of designated bonds

Sanchez was instrumental in drafting the municipal advisory regulatory regime during his previous stint at the SEC.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Texas' Crosby Independent School District and two individuals in connection with the school district’s 2017 fiscal year financial statements.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has closed its second comment period on Rule G-46, collecting three responses.

Half of the infrastructure funding is going to the states, and cities should talk to their governors to ensure they see some of that funding, White House Infrastructure Advisor Mitch Landrieu told the National League of Cities Tuesday.

Supported by the American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law almost exactly a year ago, cities "have come roaring back," the President said.

The IRS has entered into a closing agreement with the City of Alpharetta following its VCAP request stemming from the sale of a bond-financed conference center.

The legislation would allow tax-exempt financing for the replacement of privately owned lead service lines.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s request for information on ESG is an attempt to bring politics into capital markets, Marlo Oaks said.

The U.S. Department of Transportation's budget swells to $140 billion from $80 billion with the omnibus and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act dollars.

The omnibus bill drops a controversial measure to claw back unspent state COVID funds and includes long sought-after language to ease the transition away from LIBOR.

Barkley hopes to get members back to educational events in person as well as adding younger members to the NFMA roster.

Thirty states would have been affected by the plan to claw back $8 billion in unspent ARPA funds to offset the FY22 appropriation.