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Other municipal finance caucus members stepping down are Dan Kildee, Grace Napolitano and Derek Kilmer.

The veteran-owned Academy Securities failed to file Form G-37 reports in a timely manner, and failed to disclose another 60 municipal underwritings where the firm acted in a managerial capacity.

The legislation comes as the U.S. and Florida saw a record number of rocket launches last year.

Brandon Comer and his firm Comer Capital Group have to pay the sum as part of a final judgment reached in federal court in Illinois.

The proposed amendments, which help to establish a residential supervisory location to help dealers better adapt to a post-COVID world, were approved at the MSRB's quarterly board meeting.

The SEC has settled charges against Aon Investments and in a separate action, a former executive of the firm for misleading the Pennsylvania Public Employees' Retirement System.

The grants are among the most competitive in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

A letter co-sgned by Bond Dealers of America and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association urges the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board to institute its 2024 rate card, for fear that reverting back to 2023 levels would be disruptive for dealers.

Capital Markets Advisors and its co-principals Richard Ganci and Richard Tortora are caught up in a legal back and forth with the SEC over how MSRB Rule G-42 on conflicts of interest applies to their case.

SEC Muni Office Chief Dave Sanchez gave issuer officials some updates on implementation of the transparency law.

Brightline, a high-profile name in the speculative muni market, is set to come to market next week to remarket $675 million of 2020 bonds.

The rulemaking board is prepping for a machine-readable future.

The regulator has charged a former chief compliance officer $15,000 and a firm $100,000 in twp separate enforcement actions.

It's the third short-term spending bill Congress has passed since fiscal 2024 began Oct. 1.

Smaller issuers will find it easier to tell their stories to investors who are looking to customize their portfolios.

The second board meeting of FY 2024 will also see the board mull whether it should modernize its dealer supervision rule.

A bill with House and Senate support would change LIHTC bond requirements

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's 2023 audited financial statement shows the board collected an additional $19 million in revenue as compared with the 2022.

Increasing the costs for banks to hold municipal bonds would be passed down to cities and states in the form of higher financing costs, industry advocates said.

The filing cuts the current 15 minutes standard reporting window down to one minute in what the MSRB describes as an effort to improve transparency.