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The former head of the Internal Revenue Service's tax-exempt bond office says TEB is ignoring alleged violations on a financing for a Syracuse mall that benefited from breaks sought by Hillary Clinton.

Gloria Papiez will become acting director of the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, the state's primary financial regulator, on Nov. 1.

Transit advocates see Baltimore's proposed Red Line as key part of multi-state rail link.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board must now have at least one municipal advisor representative board member present to constitute a quorum under a rule change it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to finalize new open-end fund liquidity requirements that market participants said would hurt the industry by damaging the funds' appetites for munis.

Two voter opinion polls differ on the likely outcome of Austin's $720 million mobility bond referendum.

Hawaii's test of a road user revenue plan may involve sending motorists mock mileage bills that highlight the potential fees.

Securities and Exchange Commission examinations of municipal advisors over the past two years found fiduciary duty and fair dealing violations, said SEC officials who cautioned the number of MA exams will increase in 2017.

The District of Columbia has paved the way for construction of a $300 million stadium for Major League Soccer's D.C. United by handing over land in Buzzard Point to the team.

Dealer groups are warning that a Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board proposal to require dealers to disclose their markups and markdowns in certain transactions would be overly complex and hurt liquidity.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is proposing amendments that would outline minimum standards for municipal advisors' continuing education requirements.

Charleston County, S.C., officials cite low state road funding in asking voters for sales tax increase.

The Internal Revenue Service has informally advised the Baker Correctional Development Corp. in Florida that $45 million of first mortgage revenue bonds it issued in 2008 are taxable.

The DC Water and Sewer Authority closed on a historic deal Thursday, issuing the nation's first Environmental Impact Bond to fund the initial green infrastructure project in its DC Clean Rivers Project.

Technology-driven transportation projects will be funded with $15 million of new federal Smart Cities grants.

A bill introduced in the House would make municipal bonds issued by historically black colleges and universities tax-exempt at the federal, state and local levels.

Report from GAO finds states challenged by need to fund bridge projects from limited resources.

Planners for a 10-county region around Nashville have approved a 25-year, $6 billion transit program.

Miami City Manager Daniel Alfonso said the city has received a proposed settlement of the Securities and Exchange Commission's case, in which a jury found the city guilty of securities fraud last week.

Municipal market participants at The Bond Buyer's California Public Finance Conference shared concrete examples of how disclosure is improving in the wake of the Securities and Exchange Commission's continuing disclosure voluntary enforcement initiative.