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Illinois General Assembly leaders canceled the annual veto session amid rising COVID-19 cases, which means lawmakers won't act on the state budget before January.

The Fed’s vice chair of supervision said the Fed's backstop lending to states and localities "may not be the answer to all their issues."

The contest that took nearly a week to finalize was among several races that epitomized the state's sharp political divide.

The IFA is hoping to capitalize on growing investor interest in green and sustainable bonds.

But in the second half of 2021, the U.S. economy is likely to have a strong recovery from the pandemic.

Light primary easily absorbed while secondary trading showed a steadier market as it closes for Veterans Day. Massachusetts announces $1.4 billion of GOs for next week.

The Democratic governor will have continued powers to thwart proposed wealth taxes from progressive members of his party after Republicans prevented a veto-proof Senate majority.

The group of around a dozen issuers, bankers, broker-dealers, bond attorneys, and municipal advisors is sorting out their priorities for educating the public finance community.

While financial and economic shocks can't be prevented altogether, certain factors can worsen the shock, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren.

Rachael Fauss of watchdog Reinvent Albany discusses the importance of transparency amid the pandemic. She also explores state-agency debt and the Fed's Municipal Liquidity Facility. Paul Burton and Andrew Coen host. Recorded Nov. 2 (19 minutes)

Municipal yields rose as much as five basis points on the long end, but the losses were not as pronounced as UST. Light dealer inventories and scarce secondary trading let munis outperform Treasuries.

Jeanne Holm, appointed by Mayor Eric Garcetti, will help guide the city government through its worst financial crisis in a decade.

The IRS will post quarterly updates of its enforcement strategy on the webpage of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division-Compliance Programs and Priorities.

Opening a bank or investment account — or even securing employment in a racism-free workplace — is out of reach for many Black Americans.

S&P Global Ratings downgrades the Garden State's general obligation bonds one notch to BBB-plus from A-minus.

As the week drew to a close, municipal bond market participants looked ahead to a smaller-than-usual supply slate dominated by revenue bond deals.

To little surprise, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged. Refinitiv Lipper reported tax-exempt muni bond funds lost about $954 million.

A change in status would have both upsides and downsides for the island territory.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker says preservation of the investment-grade status is "very important;" Illinois bonds traded wider after the income tax referendum failed.

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari isn’t attending the central bank’s two-day policy meeting after the birth of his second child this week.