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Over half of the $4.3 billion rise in the $96.6 billion budget proposal is related to costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rising state-supported debt and sidestepping best practices alarm the comptroller.

Fed chair says it's unlikely there will be "troubling inflation" any time soon, and rates will stay low and asset purchases will continue at current levels. ICI reports another $3.24 billion of inflows as munis follow UST to lower yields.

This is the first time a coalition representing the buy-side, sell-side and others on the business side of public finance will lobby for specific municipal bond provisions on the Hill.

The SSI debate is expected to highlight an array of other federal safety-net benefits that residents of Puerto Rico are denied.

Dovetailing on President Biden's clean-energy initiatives, the Employees’ Retirement System and Teachers’ Retirement System voted for the divestments.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York’s legislature may agree on the concept of online sports betting, but a fight lurks over the winners and losers of implementation.

While no FOMC action on monetary policy is expected, markets are watching for how the Federal Reserve partners with the Biden administration and how it reacts to the 10-year Treasury yield rising from 0.52% on Aug. 4 to 1.15% on Jan. 14.

While federal funds enabled the transit authority to sidestep fare hikes for now, it faces a raft of pandemic-related variables and state budget uncertainty.

President Joe Biden's pick for transportation secretary took questions from a Senate panel on how the nation might pay for robust infrastructure.