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After Congress almost did away with them in the recently enacted tax legislation, tax-exempt private activity bond volume caps for states will see an increase for 2018.

The unfunded liabilities of the funds nearly doubled over the last decade.

UBS Wealth Management Americas raised its firepower in areas that escaped the chopping block under the new tax law, hiring a trio of executives with experience in stadium and public power finance.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $24 billion of three-year notes at a 2.080% high yield, a price of 99. 768648.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch and TD Securities won the bidding for Massachusetts’ $600 million of general obligation bonds while Citigroup won the gilt-edge Fairfax County, Va., bonds.

State Sen. Scott Frantz, R-Greenwich, examines what lies ahead as the state comes off a tumultuous 2017 that included a late budget, rating downgrades, political gridlock and Hartford's bankruptcy threat. Paul Burton hosts.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $45 billion of four-week bills at a 1.280% high yield, a price of 99.900444.

The Vermont Municipal Bond Bank and Vermont Educational and Health Buildings Financing Agency named public finance veteran Michael Gaughan to lead both entities.

The law firm is building out its Pennsylvania public finance practice.

The municipal bond market springs to life on Tuesday as several large competitive sales hit the screens, led by issuers in Massachusetts, Virginia and Minnesota.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board named four key energy projects as potentially eligible for a special permitting process.

Barbara Thompson stepped down at the end of 2017 after 16 years as executive director.

A tale of two bond-financed fertilizer projects in the Midwest -- how one is thriving with the IRS' blessing on the bonds and the other is at a virtual standstill and in a dispute with the tax regulator.

The municipal bond market was quiet Monday as traders waited for this week’s new issue sales to get underway with competitive deals on Tuesday from Massachusetts and Fairfax County, Va.

MetroHealth is looking to partner for growth, saying it is in the best position to partner with another system.

Consumer credit increased by $28.8 billion in November to $3.827 trillion, the Federal Reserve reported Thursday.

The SEC's first muni enforcement case of the year shows its willingness to use the Dodd Frank Act to punish some breaches of fiduciary duty that hadn't yet been spelled out by the MSRB.

St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green and owners of the St. Louis Blues ended their litigation.

Michelle King will step down as Los Angeles schools superintendent to battle cancer.

The Dec. 31 expiration of New Jersey’s public safety arbitration cap is a credit negative for the state’s municipalities, according to Moody’s.