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Gov. Ned Lamont and Connecticut lawmakers are studying a proposal to essentially exchange much of the state’s income tax for a payroll tax.

Scott Waguespack will chair the committee that vets city bond deals and other financial transactions.

Demand for tax-exempt income overwhelmed the usual selling in the secondary market during tax season.

GASB Statement 91 calls for conduit issuers to stop reporting conduit debt in their financial statements and to report all of it in their accompanying notes starting Dec. 15, 2020.

The cash-strapped state’s public-private partnership will pay for a fixed-span bridge to replace an aging lift bridge and tunnel in Belle Chasse.

Judy Shelton, a conservative economist whom the Trump administration is considering for a vacancy on the Federal Reserve, said the central bank should avoid restraining growth while the U.S. is engaged in a trade war with China.

Representatives of minority- and women-owned small banks from around the country met to discuss how to expand business opportunities.

A surplus this coming fiscal year will be used in following years for debt and pension payments, Executive Director Natalie Jaresko said.

MWBE University is a program developed by NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer to aid businesses owned and operated by women and people of color.

Munis are termed rich, but taxables still shine.

Some stakeholders say the CUSIP requirement for MAs is needed, while other say it is burdensome.

Illinois lawmakers gave first-year Gov. J.B. Pritzker a victory on a cornerstone of his fiscal plan for the troubled state.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said two of its top officers are departing — including Simon Potter, who oversees its strategically vital trading desk.

The financier's lawyers disputed a court-appointed monitor who had criticized him for maintaining an expensive lifestyle while his investors faced losses.

First-year Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer faces opposition from the GOP-controlled legislature.

National Association of Bond Lawyers President Dee Wisor and President-elect Rich Moore discuss infrastructure, regulation, tax law and the group's educational efforts. Kyle Glazier hosts.

Over the first 10 months of the fiscal year, General Fund net revenues are 11% above October projections.

The muni market is winding down to a pause for the long holiday weekend and when the market opens back up Tuesday, big deals will be few and far between, but the market will continue its run.

State Treasurer Joe Torsella is accusing 14 financial firms of collaborating to illegally inflate the prices of Fannie Mae- and Freddie Mac-issued bonds.

Officials with the private passenger train company said contractors have been hired to extend service from West Palm Beach to Orlando.