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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.

Biden’s Electoral College count rose to 264, one state away from achieving the 270, according to the Associated Press, which called the former vice president the winner Wednesday in closely fought races in Wisconsin and Michigan.

A victory by Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine has dimmed, but did not extinguish, the possibility for Democratic control of the U.S. Senate.

A nonbinding referendum on U.S. statehood was leading with more than 52% support, with more than 95% of votes counted, the Associated Press reported.

Their wins brighten the future of municipal bond-friendly initiatives in Congress.

The public finance industry would gain from the reinstatement of tax-exempt advance refunding and other muni-friendly measures under a Democratic sweep of the White House and both chambers of Congress.

A federal judge largely rejected the arguments offered by Wall Street banks seeking to dismiss the lawsuit, which alleges a conspiracy to fix rates in the VRDO market.

Public finance made up just 3% of total standalone enforcement cases.

The city of Alpharetta wants to repurpose $24.72 million in bonds issued in 2016 by the Development Authority of Alpharetta.

The American Securities Association wants to see a municipal debt purchase program extended past the end of the year, but Treasury has indicated that is unlikely.

The SEC's Rebecca Olsen said in 2021, the regulator plans to explore ways to get more comment on financial disclosure recommendations.