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Most federal lease debt has large bullet maturities that require refinancing, asset sales or a new lease to avoid default.
February 18
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Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser declined to rule out tapping public money to renovate RFK Stadium to lure the NFL's Washington Commanders back to the city, though Council members are divided on the plan.
February 18
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With questions and analysis still swirling around a deadly crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, concerns arise about enplanement levels, traffic patterns, and credit ratings affecting the region's major airports.
February 14
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Yields and market volatility "positively correlated with trading volume," a research report published by MSRB finds.
February 14
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In 2017, Congress moved from budget resolution to reconciliation legislation in less than six weeks.
February 14
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As Congress begins hammering out the budget resolutions that will shape the country's fiscal future, muni lobbyists double down on efforts to keep the tax-exemption in place.
February 13
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The legislation comes as the municipal market industry fends off threats to tax-exempt municipal bonds.
February 13
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Portfolio managers seem more sanguine about threats to the tax exemption from Congress.
February 13
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The deeper the proposed cuts, the more the municipal market fears for the fate of tax-exempt bonds.
February 12
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Audit activity in the municipal market ebbs and flows with the IRS budget.
February 11
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Lawsuits are mounting against the Trump administration's aggressive actions to cut federal spending.
February 10
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Hilltop and other firms say more recent SEC off-channel communications settlements eliminated "costly and burdensome" requirements that were imposed on them.
February 10
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Texas Sen. John Cornyn remains a supporter of private activity bonds, his staff told BDA.
February 7
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The directive appears to apply to discretionary grant programs and not state formula funds.
February 6
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Transportation officials and lawmakers are exploring the road ahead for the Highway Trust Fund, electric vehicle user fees, and the reauthorization of the surface transportation bill as friction over funding mounts.
February 5
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The muni industry is trying to get to the bottom of questions around how the House arrived at savings estimates for eliminating the tax exemption.
February 4
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The Treasury department aims to stand it up within the next 12 months.
February 4
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Issuers, trade organizations, and investors team up to fight the threat to the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds by laying out its effect on borrowing, the housing market, and infrastructure costs.
February 3
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MSRB believes "it's an appropriate time" to launch a holistic review of its municipal advisor rules, CEO Mark Kim said.
January 31
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Dealer groups are urging the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board to change the way it charges fees to municipal advisors.
January 30
