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Ahmed Abonamah, a senior counsel to the director in the SEC’s Office of Municipal Securities, told the National Muni Bond Summit SEC Chair Jay Clayton has concerns about the timeliness of issuers’ financial information disclosure.

1st Circuit judges upheld the bankruptcy court's ruling that payment of special revenue bonds is voluntary.

If an infrastructure bill is to happen local leaders will have to be "squarely in the middle of it," Columbia, S.C. Mayor and U.S. Conference of Mayors president Stephen Benjamin said at the National Muni Bond Summit.

Its $1.5 billion unrated deal will be sold to qualified institutional buyers to finance Florida’s privately owned passenger train project.

The lawsuit filed in federal court is now the second national suit alleging fraud in the variable-rate debt market.

Deals from the NYC TFA, Chicago, Illinois, California, Maryland and Miami-Dade County help satisfy demand.

After building a client base among Arizona cities and taxing districts at Gust Rosenfeld, Zachary Sakas is looking for new opportunities at Sherman & Howard.

Jason Dudich will join the University of Indianapolis at the end of May as vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer.

Airport officials want an increased Passenger Facility Charge to pay back bonds, and say federal funding isn’t enough to pay for upgrades.

Disruptions between monetary policy and the economy help explain the “inflation puzzle we’re facing,” according to Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly.

Private placements and direct bank loans allow more direct investor communication for issuers of all stripes, advocates say.

As the April 1 deadline looms, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says state lawmakers must make the state's property tax growth cap permanent.

Mid-size issuers may be experiencing the greatest impact, with one municipality even reporting that an underwriter withdrew a bid over a disclosure requirement.

Platte County wants a court to confirm its decision to walk away from an appropriation pledge.

Judy Wesalo Temel, senior vice president at Fiera Capital, talks about the 2020 census and how an undercount could costs some states billions of dollars and affect the credit quality of others. Chip Barnett hosts.

Texas service sector activity “growth softened in March."

Manufacturing and services growth in the central Atlantic region in March was weaker than in February.

The consumer confidence index decreased to 124.1 in March from an unrevised 131.4 last month, The Conference Board reported Tuesday.

The region's services sector accelerated, as the general business conditions index grew to 21.7 in March.

FEMA denied California reimbursement for a portion of Oroville Dam repairs, saying the state failed to maintain it.