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Pres. Donald Trump is moving forward with plans to beautify Washington, D.C. by tasking Congress to find $2 billion dollars to improve city infrastructure while also threatening to rescind federal funds from efforts to rebuild the tolled Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

Municipal AAA yield curves were cut up to another 42 basis points, depending on the curve, as of noon, pushing yields to multi-year highs and long-end muni to UST ratios above 100%. Muni yields have risen up to nearly 100 basis points in spots since the bond market rout began.

A week ahead of inauguration day, Scott Colbert, executive vice president, director of fixed income and chief economist at Commerce Trust, takes a look at how the Federal Reserve and the economy will fare in President-elect Donald Trump's second run in the White House.

A hearing for four separate federal lawsuits seeking to block the congestion pricing plan is set for Dec. 20.

The Republicans are using "magic math" to disguise the cost of extending the TCJA, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said.

Now a Fox Business host, Duffy while in Congress sat on the Financial Services, Budget and Joint Economic committees.

The results of the Nov. 5 polls will address many key municipal market policies.

Vance has called for eliminating the SALT deduction, calling it "massively redistributive toward the lower- and middle-income brackets."

The twice-impeached president built his civic reputation on projects such as Central Park's Wollman Rink.

The former vice president spearheaded the Obama administration’s implementation of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Biden’s Electoral College count rose to 264, one state away from achieving the 270, according to the Associated Press, which called the former vice president the winner Wednesday in closely fought races in Wisconsin and Michigan.

A victory by Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine has dimmed, but did not extinguish, the possibility for Democratic control of the U.S. Senate.

The public finance industry would gain from the reinstatement of tax-exempt advance refunding and other muni-friendly measures under a Democratic sweep of the White House and both chambers of Congress.

The economy will bounce back and stimulus will be provided no matter who is in charge, R.J. Gallo says.

President Donald Trump announced early Friday that he and First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19, shortly after one of his closest aides, Hope Hicks, had fallen ill with the coronavirus.

Polling shows President Trump is currently the underdog in nine out of 11 battleground states.

Trump's bare-bones campaign agenda released Aug. 23 promises to “build the world’s greatest infrastructure system.”

A group of former Federal Reserve officials and staffers, including former Vice Chairman Alan Blinder, published an open letter Thursday calling on the U.S. Senate to reject President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judy Shelton to the central bank’s Board of Governors.

Sources say compromises on top line issues like unemployment insurance spells a higher likelihood for a COVID-19 relief bill to pass and more aid to state and local governments.

Several scenarios exists offering different potential outcomes, according to an observer.