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Sen. Lindsey Graham's death adds another challenge for Congress as the GOP will find replacements for his committee assignments, including the Environment and Public Works, which oversees the surface transportation bill reauthorization.

Mayors and city leaders face an uncertain future from dwindling federal infrastructure funding, but a major housing bill offers hope.

If a fix is not found, the fate of the Highway Trust Fund will get caught up in insolvency debates, said Eno Center for Transportation.

Discretionary termination of grants allowed under the rule would pose a particular risk, issuer advocates said.

"Nothing motivates enforcement staff more than protecting those who invest their savings in our markets," said David Woodcock, director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement.

Former Rep. Bill Archer, who chaired the House Ways and Means Committee for three terms, died Saturday at the age of 98 leaving behind a tax writing legacy that began in 1994.

The Ways and Means Committee passed the reporting bill last week along party lines.

Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., said he is crafting a bill to "disincentive states and localities" from offering public subsidy packages to lure professional sports teams across borders.

"We're basically engaging more of the bond market ecosystem in everything we do," said Mike Nicholas, CEO of the Bond Market Association.

Prepay energy borrowings may not generate promised savings.

The National Football League is a member of the Public Finance Network.

Conners & Co. consented to FINRA's findings without admitting or denying them.

Academics, policy makers and lawmakers are exploring ways to deal with the rising costs of operating bus lines and identify funding options.

Sven Hodges will focus on energy and advanced manufacturing projects.

"It's hard to know whether a decrease in enforcement is a statistical blip or early evidence of [a] meeker, milder FINRA in the current era," said Benjamin Edwards, an associate dean at UNLV law school.

The firm violated MSRB Rules G-47 and G-27, FINRA found

South Carolina — which just passed a law allowing tolls and public-private partnerships — won federal funding for a statewide asset scan focused on its major transportation corridors for potential P3s.

"I think generally there is an over-emphasis placed on the takedown at the expense of considering the overall cost of the transaction," Nikolai Sklaroff, capital finance director at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, said.

After the DOT "expedited" a $25 million investment in the train, Q1 trespassing incidents and collisions on Brightline Florida fell 30% year-over-year, the office said.

Hospitals, universities and transit agencies are among the issuers that would face heightened uncertainty around federal funding if the rule is enacted.