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The Bond Buyer is seeking industry-wide input on environmental, social and governance factors in the public finance space.

The MSRB has announced an extension for municipal bond advisors seeking Series 54 certification, moving the compliance date from to Nov. 30, 2021, from Nov.12.

In the first quarter of 2021, state personal income rose by 14.4%, the largest year-over-year increase since reporting began in 1948.

The settled proceeding against Anthony Falsetta, announced Tuesday, is the latest in a string of SEC cases targeting violations of retail order periods.

The absence of advance refunding and a direct-pay bond program in the bipartisan infrastructure package has lobbyists pushing for inclusion of those things in the reconciliation bill, a matter only weeks away.

The pandemic has prompted rare bipartisan consensus the U.S. needs a job creation program focusing on the middle class and acknowledging rural communities while upgrading infrastructure.

Trades on alternative trading system platforms are smaller and more likely to involve securities with complex features, according to a new MSRB report.

Several cities could eliminate or drastically reduce unfunded pension liabilities, Reason Foundation's Robert Poole found.

The trouble stems from a West Virginia tender offer deal Crews & Associates recommended to an issuer.

Adovactes are hopeful a provision cutting in half the required PAB-financing for low-income housing projects will be in the upcoming reconciliation package.

Porter Bingham stands accused of stealing $33,000 from the city of Rolling Fork, Mississippi.

The House's powerful speaker will need to win the votes of moderates.

Nine mayors from across the country backed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s double-barreled strategy to move infrastructure legislation.

The announcement came after the municipal advisors trade group said it had received a report of COVID-19 exposure at a testing site.

At stake, from SIFMA's perspective, is the potential of the SEC to revive the exemption in the future.

The legislation passed the Senate by 69-30 setting the stage for House lawmakers to work on it and for Senate Democrats to weigh a social infrastructure agenda.

Treasury has already halted the sale of state and local securities, known as SLGS.

The board will have 15 members for its fiscal year starting Oct. 1.

Effective spread data yielded interesting results about the way corporate and municipal bonds were treated by Fed backstop programs.

The board decided last month it would seek commission approval to tweak rules related to mandatory disclosures.