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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin told Fed Chair Jerome Powell to end most emergency lending programs created earlier this year, including the MLF, on Dec. 31.

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell said President-elect Biden will move on a pandemic relief bill early in his presidency and a robust infrastructure package would soon follow. Others see scaled-down aid and an upward partisan battle.

No new negotiations are on the horizon as Washington lawmakers prepare to take a one-week hiatus from their lame-duck next week for Thanksgiving.

“This is a preliminary determination, not a proposed adverse determination or a final determination,” the county said.

The bill would increase the federal share cost of disaster relief for the COVID-19 pandemic to 100% from 75%. It is unlikely to pass in the Senate.

Candidates for the next U.S. Secretary of Transportation bring something new to the table than in previous years — deep understanding of the municipal bond market.

A federal judge has set a Feb. 10 deadline for the Oversight Board to file “an informative motion presenting a term sheet disclosing the material economic and structural features of an amended plan of adjustment.”

AASHTO elected only the second woman to serve as its president, and its first Black vice-president in its 106-year old history.

During his leadership, Clayton oversaw amendments to Rule 15c-12 and pushed for more transparency in the municipal market.

Eight measures in five states to legalize marijuana and in three states offering tax breaks for veterans received universal approval.

Infrastructure investment is likely going to be an early priority for Biden.

The MSRB is looking specifically for issuers and non-dealer municipal advisors.

The Fed’s vice chair of supervision said the Fed's backstop lending to states and localities "may not be the answer to all their issues."

Some justices appeared to be skeptical of arguments in case that seeks to overturn the ACA.

The group of around a dozen issuers, bankers, broker-dealers, bond attorneys, and municipal advisors is sorting out their priorities for educating the public finance community.

There is a pervasive belief that Joe Biden is likely to be more effective reaching across the aisle than Donald Trump.

The IRS will post quarterly updates of its enforcement strategy on the webpage of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division-Compliance Programs and Priorities.

The former vice president spearheaded the Obama administration’s implementation of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Democratic control of the Senate is considered crucial to many of the public finance sector’s priorities, although some muni groups are optimistic about 2021 with either party in the majority.

A change in status would have both upsides and downsides for the island territory.