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Andrew Rein has been chosen to be the next president of the Citizens Budget Commission.

Patrick McCarthy, Moira Baldwin and Ian Spier join Wells Fargo’s public finance team.

The NYC comptroller’s report shows 80% of certified MWBE firms are still not receiving any business from the city.

The busiest day of the week, and a good test for the market, lies ahead.

The memo appears to respond to a March 29 written request by the National Association of Bond Lawyers to Christie Jacobs, director of the IRS Indian Tribal Governments/Tax Exempt Bonds Office to clarify the new law.

The struggle between board and local government continues, as island leaders agree to a tax overhaul plan.

After recession-driven trouble, the authority's reserve is more than $300 million, said Donna Manuelli, its chief financial officer.

The defense team accused the SEC of a "gross abuse of power."

The muni market starting saw a steady stream of issuance of Tuesday, preceding a big wave of deals that are expected on Wednesday.

The backloaded maturity schedule of the debt brings comparisons to the city's supposedly abandoned "scoop-and-toss" practices.

The pilot program began in May, but was not officially announced by the IRS until last week.

Nineteen deals on the schedule are $100 million or larger, including the $1.3 billion Chicago securitization transaction.

Three of four economic measures improved in September from August.

The first meeting for several new board members included discussions with other regulators and groups, the MSRB said Monday.

The municipal bond market is gearing up for what should be a busy week, with a bunch of good sized deals and one mega deal.

The muni market will see volume rise in the last week of October as buyers will be treated with a billion deal from Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp. and a $714 million offering from the Department of Los Angeles airports.

Statutes of limitation will be the main obstacle, observers say.

Municipal bond volume is set to rise in the last week of October.

The number of MSRB-registered dealers has fallen by almost one-third since 2009 and FINRA and the MSRB have some concerns about it.

With Philadelphia’s general fund surplus returned to near pre-recession levels, the city’s fiscal watchdog says now is the time to prepare for the next economic downturn.