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The Puerto Rico Oversight Board recommended shifting federal funding to an earned income tax credit from welfare programs on the island.

Public finance guru Richard Ravitch analyzes the New York region’s transit crisis and compares it with the problems he faced when he oversaw the MTA in the late 1970s. Hosted by Paul Burton.

Revenue from proposed federal freight tax would supplement declining gas tax collections, ARTBA says.

Marion County and Indianapolis council approved the first $20 million in financing for a new criminal justice center.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether a municipal advisor for Babylon, N.Y. bond financings had a conflict of interest and violated his fiduciary duty by also owning a company that provided the town with workers.

One of Kevin O'Toole and Rick Cotton's priorities as chairman and executive director will be to restart the search for a chief executive officer.

Top-rated municipal bonds were mixed at mid-session, according to traders, who were seeing the first of the week’s big deals come to market, led by the Bay Area Toll Authority’s $1.4 billion deal.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $45 billion of four-week bills at a 0.990% high yield, a price of 99.923000.

After months of deliberation, standoffs and subsequent silence, the Rhode Island legislature has come to an agreement on a budget for fiscal 2018.

The Honolulu City Council approved $350 million in GOs in mid-June to support its rail project

The Lombard, Ill. Public Facilities Corp. is seeking to restructure its $190 million of now defaulted debt.

Municipal bond traders on Tuesday are set to see the first of the week’s big deals come to market, led by the Bay Area Toll Authority’s $1 billion deal.

Chicago heads into 2018 budget season with a $114 million hole to fill.

Top quality municipal bonds finished unchanged on Monday, according to traders, who wereprepped to see about $7.2 billion of new supply hit the screens this week.

IRS letter ruling on contract first published after guidance issued

As the number of casinos continues to rise across the mid-Atlantic and New England regions, the industry boom could result in increased risk for those states, according to a report released Monday by S&P Global Ratings.

Municipal bond volume ended the month of July down 20% as refundings plummeted.

Halting the work is expected to save customers nearly $7 billion in additional costs, the state-run agency known as Santee Cooper told bondholders.

Recent financial gains such as funding from Senate Bill 1 and a TIFIA loan mean that hope is on the way for drivers of Orange County, California.

Wayne County works to reach agreement with Rock Ventures over jail project and solve tax problem.