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The number of states levying special annual registration fees on electric vehicles has risen by seven this year to 27 as governments seek new ways to fund transportation.

States collected more than $45.2 billion in motor fuel taxes in 2017, compared with $36.8 billion 10 years earlier, according to the Federal Highway Administration.

Both BDA and SIFMA have now both asked the SEC not to grant regulatory relief to PFM, one of the largest municipal advisors in the business.

Through February of this year, 20 P3-related bills were enacted by 14 states since 2016.

The SEC approved the changes to Rule G-11 on primary offerings and Rule G-32 on disclosures in connection with primary offerings late last week after a two-year review process by the MSRB.

Investors will still lose big as the SEC's case against Dwayne Edwards and Todd Barker is now all but over.

Investor confusion about Harvey, Illinois, and a local library district contributed to a municipal advisor and broker-dealer facing Securities and Exchange Commission charges in a bond offering gone wrong.

XBRL recently released its second draft of a CAFR reporting taxonomy incorporating feedback from groups such as the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers.

Despite views on Capitol Hill that leaned towards taking financing away from public transit, the House bill would strengthen transit issuers.

Investors are likely to lose millions whether the Atlanta-based financier continues under a court-appointed monitorship or not.

Upper Arlington Schools District Superintendent Dr. Paul Imhoff said an upcoming vote on an operating levy will be harder to secure.

Bank qualified debt, also known as BQ debt and bank eligible, allows banks to deduct most of the carrying cost of those bonds as a business cost.

A PFM letter caused a firestorm among dealer groups who say that if municipal advisors want to engage in broker-dealer activities, they need to register as such.

Submissions are now open for the Bond Buyer’s fourth class of Rising Stars, an honor which showcases the brightest young minds in the municipal bond industry.

A city called the "double black diamond" of car driving is at the epicenter for autonomous-vehicle testing.

The new events became effective in late February, and hundreds of Event 15 disclosures have filed in, with just a handful of Event 16 filings.

The Oversight Board has reached an agreement with the Committee of Retirees that makes a flat 8.5% cut to pensions over $1,200 a month and does not change payments to the 61% of current retirees who receive monthly pensions of $1,200 or less.

A judge's decision looms for men accused of bilking the Connecticut Municipal Energy and Electric Cooperative, which got good news from Fitch Ratings last week.

State and local governments and trade groups have until Sept. 13 to submit comments on the 48-page exposure draft GASB released June 13.

More municipalities are turning to local solutions, including P3s and value capture structures.