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The House Natural Resources Committee has scheduled a May 2 hearing to examine the successes and failures of PROMESA.

Presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar rolled out her trillion dollar infrastructure plan, supporting Move America and Build America bonds.

A former municipal advisor accused of billing a city thousands of dollars for services it did not receive is now facing criminal fraud charges.

The Senate on Wednesday debated a $13.45 billion disaster aid bill that would require Puerto Rico to assume a local share of additional FEMA aid rather than the 100% federal share in a bill passed by the House.

As Congress prepares work on an infrastructure package, the transportation secretary endorsed private funding through pensions and endowment funds.

The lawsuit filed in federal court is now the second national suit alleging fraud in the variable-rate debt market.

Airport officials want an increased Passenger Facility Charge to pay back bonds, and say federal funding isn’t enough to pay for upgrades.

A Chicago area broker-dealer agreed to pay a $25,000 to settle FINRA charges that it relied on alternative trading systems and failed to maintain its own risk-management controls.

The MSRB plans to roll out changes to simplify the submission process on EMMA.

A 2018 high court decision has been positive for state and local government budgets, but not as much a boost as some of the estimates had predicted.

The new amendments would increase transparency and equal access to information, the MSRB said.

NABL suggested expanding private activity bonds to a new category for public roads, tunnels, and bridges.

Longtime muni lobbyist Michael Decker will now have a working relationship with Bond Dealers of America.

Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed the Rebuild Alabama Act into law, increasing state gas taxes for the first time in 26 years.

If the IRS fails to provide a regulatory fix, two members of Congress may address the issue legislatively in bicameral affordable housing legislation that had wide bipartisan support in the last Congress.

While associated with J.P. Morgan, a broker allegedly cheated on her Series 52 exam, violating FINRA Rule 2010.

Blockchain could benefit the muni market, but receives pushback in an industry historically slow to change.

Midwest Fertilizer Co. announced Monday it has settled with the IRS Office of Appeals an audit that originally disqualified the tax-exempt status of $1.259 billion of refunding bonds that will be used to help finance a fertilizer plant in Posey County, Indiana.

Banker Peter Cannava may be left to battle on alone, after the Securities and Exchange Commission and Wells Fargo told a federal court they have an agreement.

Former Macon-Bibb County Manager Dale Walker agreed to settle charges he gave an advantage to an investment adviser the SEC said he was pursuing romantically.