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Legislation pending in both the Senate and House would eliminate private activity bond volume caps for water and sewer projects.

President Trump's nominee Elad Roisman is a step closer to becoming an SEC commissioner.

Muni market groups claimed victory after federal banking regulators moved to treat munis like all other types of Level 2B HQLA.

The now-defunct unregistered broker-dealer Core Performance Management, LLC, and four of its former employees settled fraud and MSRB rule violations with the SEC for engaging in municipal bond flipping and kickback scheme.

A report on cyber-related risks released Wednesday by S&P Global warned that “a successful attack on an entity with limited resources could have a credit impact.”

As the dust settles on the SEC's 15c2-12 announcement, questions loom about how difficult it will be to implement.

The final rules will focus on debt obligations on a similar level as bonds, an effort to respond to comments that the first proposal was too broad.

An estimated $69.1 billion of the $139 billion is already committed through a combination of insurance claims and federal disaster aid.

The cut has dropped from 6.6% in fiscal 2018 and 6.9% in fiscal 2017. The initial sequestration cut in fiscal 2013 was 8.7%.

The MSRB's new FAQs examine an issue on which municipal advisor firms have been seeking guidance for months.

The MSRB aims to provide considerations for firms looking at their compliance procedures.

The CFTC is set to decide how much swap activity necessitates inclusion in the swap dealer regulatory regime.

They are accused of improperly diverting newly issued municipal bonds to certain broker-dealers for a fee at the expense of retail investors.

As the nation’s most populous state with the largest economy, California could set the upper level benchmark for other large states such as Florida and New York that have not yet announced a sales tax remittance threshold.

An "anemic" first quarter gave way to a much stronger second quarter for the muni market, SIFMA found.

The bonds were issued by the Chester County Industrial Development Agency for West Chester University in Pennsylvania.

Investors won't get nearly all their money back as the Securities and Exchange Commission's case against Dwayne Edwards and Todd Barker draws towards a close and SEC lawyers want the losses taken into account in settlements.

Only a few of the 45 states that levy sales taxes have announced plans to begin implementation before the end of this year.

While she didn't work on muni issues specifically, Allison Lee is a seasoned buster of financial wrongdoers.

The Trump administration’s effort to publish a proposed rule comes just over two months after the IRS announced May 23 it was working on the regulations to enforce the $10,000 cap on what previously was an unlimited personal deduction of state and local taxes, also known as SALT.