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SEC Chair Clayton told Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., late last week that he expects the program to sunset at year's end as scheduled.

Eric Enderlin, president of the New York City Housing Development Corp., discusses the agency's programs and bond activity, its work with NYCHA on Section 8 conversion and prospects for change at the federal level. Paul Burton hosts. (18 minutes)

Gov. Gina Raimondo signed the $12.8 billion FY21 budget bill, which includes seven ballot questions on $400 million worth of projects.

It's been proven time and again that women look at problems differently than male counterparts. It's part of what makes balanced teams critical to the success of any organization.

Bondholders say Puerto Rico is in a good position to pay the amounts listed in the February 2020 proposed Plan of Adjustment.

The county board signed off on about $600 million of borrowing and the financing teams that will bring the deals to market in January.

Munis were flat Monday as the entire curve was said to be undergoing a consolidation.

The commuter rail that runs between San Jose and San Francisco benefitted from a criteria revision on not-for-profit transportation infrastructure.

"If you bankrupt the states, you bankrupt the country,” said NGA Chairman Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York.

Lindsey Piegza says politics and consumer's continued fear may make the recovery more difficult.

Congress is set to pass a major $900 billion relief bill on Monday after getting over a significant hurdle from Senate Republicans seeking to restrict the Federal Reserve’s powers next year.

Transamerica Financial Advisors has agreed to pay $321,167 in restitution as part of a settlement of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority charges that it failed to properly supervise its brokers selling shares of 529 plans.

Solomon's new role will combine his current responsibilities in the FICC Municipal platform overseeing data strategy/algorithmic trading and municipal opportunity trading units, with the bond sales, trading and underwriting teams.

New Mexico aims to join its neighbors in legalizing recreational marijuana as it seeks to reduce dependence on oil and gas taxes.

Several factors have combined to position an innovative approach — the public-private partnership, or P3 model — as a crucial emerging tool for public entities nationwide.

The board wants to increase tax compliance, spend more on healthcare capital projects, and advance the release of CAFRs, among other things.

Paltry supply will force the secondary to handle the rest of 2020; New York City taxable general obligation bonds trade up by nearly 20 basis points on intermediate bonds.

Multiple news articles, which the SEC did not include, contradict the commission's major reasoning for why a temporary exemption for municipal advisors was needed, SIFMA said.

The state will use a public-private partnership to replace the 68-year-old Interstate 10 bridge over the Calcasieu River between Westlake and Lake Charles.

The state’s three largest sources of general fund revenues — personal income tax, sales and use tax and corporation tax — all beat expectations.