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The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman is reportedly crafting infrastructure legislation that could be introduced as soon as this summer.

A proposal by bank and securities regulators to roll back some provisions of the Volcker Rule indicates they may be considering rethinking their previous stance on tender option bonds.

The plan would raise power costs, but analysts say municipal utilities and energy cooperatives can absorb the increases or pass them on to customers.

The IRS Office of Professional Responsibility took no action on the misconduct allegation against Brad Waterman, but informed him that a record of it would be kept for 25 years and revisited if needed.

The muni industry's self regulator said issuers have found underwriters' disclosure letters to be too long, filled with boilerplate, and duplicative.

Elad Roisman's main expertise is in equities, corporate debt, mergers, market structure and derivatives.

Wells Fargo Securities and banker Peter Cannava are alleging the SEC was dishonest in crafting investors' statements and failed to turn them over to defense attorneys in the 38 Studios case.

Tax administrators will consult with governors and governors, in turn, will consult with their legislatures before responding to any of several possible rulings in the case by the high court, officials said.

Officials say a long-awaited transit project reached the finish line thanks to the federal transportation grant program.

Puerto Rico was by far the largest recipient of emergency relief funding allocated by the Federal Transit Administration.

Any change to the spending flexibility among governmental units that results from the court decision is likely to be incremental, according to Fitch.

The U.S. Department of Transportation told All Aboard Florida that it now has until Dec. 31 to sell the $1.15 billion of bonds.

The past 10 years have seen major changes to the market, but analysts aren't sure they've been effective in preparing it for the next test.

The Federal Transit Administration rules will take effect on June 29 of this year.

NFMA has given awards every year since 1984 to recognize those who have contributed to its goals for the advancement of the municipal bond industry.

The Securities and Exchange Committee said its Investor Advisory Committee might made a recommendation related to enhanced municipal and corporate bond disclosure.

The MSRB's controversial commentary about selective disclosure got some support from a top SEC official on Wednesday.

Economic development and infrastructure were the most mentioned issues by mayors in their annual states of the city addresses.

The 13-year-old Real-Time Transaction Reporting System has undergone a three-year re-engineering process.

Currently at least 33 states provide 113 different tax credits that are already federally deductible.