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Kim, currently the MSRB's chief operating officer, will assume the post Thursday.

Securities lawyers and the trade group for municipal advisors agree unregistered muni advisors shouldn't still be ignorant of the law.

Irene Carroll and her company, Funding the Gap LLC, settled with the SEC Friday for not registering as municipal advisors. The SEC said Caroll knew she provided similar services as an MA.

Allyson Belsome, program manager of the IRS Office of Tax-Exempt Bonds spoke to members of the National Association of Bond Lawyers.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's David Hodapp said an MA's fiduciary duty to an issuer trumps fair dealing obligations to investors.

Johanna Som de Cerff of the IRS Office of the Associate Chief Counsel spoke during an online presentation to the National Association of Bond Lawyers.

From June to July, not many municipal advisors relied on the SEC's temporary exemption and some sources say they don't expect it to be heavily used.

Eliseo Sampayo was fined $20,000, half of which will go to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board for violating its rules.

Guarnaccia is a partner at Ballard Spahr in Baltimore.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., said the Municipal Liquidity Facility is not flexible enough for states and local governments.

The aid includes $9.6 billion for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority to repair and rebuild the electrical grid and $2 billion for the Puerto Rico Department of Education.

These public finance supporters in both chambers of Congress include Democrats from Massachusetts, Maryland, and Alabama and Republicans from Mississippi, Ohio, and Texas.

Voters will consider bond issues in three states and a number of tax measures, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

The settlement in which Roosevelt & Cross, Inc. agreed to pay $1 million is part of a now more than two-year crackdown on "flipping" arrangements.

During a Congressional Oversight Commission hearing, the Fed's Kent Hiteshew said the MLF is working as is, despite having made loans to only two issuers.

Biden's economic adviser pointed out that a new study couldn’t compare Biden’s economic plan to Trump’s because the president doesn’t have one.

Kelly Mitchell wants to solidify existing NAST initiatives in the coming year, such as expanding 529 college savings plans.

Billions of public funds have been spent cleaning up the bay, but two lawsuits say those efforts are endangered because the EPA failed to do its job.

Former Rep. Joe Crowley, D- NY., said fellow Democrats need to get on board with using public-private partnerships as a way to pay for infrastructure.

Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, the Democratic co-chair of the caucus, described the package as “a common-sense framework."