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Changes to the way people live in California have altered the trajectory of revenues for city coffers, but muni analysts and economists say cities are adapting.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has filed to extend G-27 relief to give dealers an extra six-month window for remote inspections

Some projects that were budgeted and started at the beginning of the inflation spiral are now in jeopardy.

Investment bank expands with three former Citigroup muni veterans at the helm.

Knotts has almost 15 years of experience in state government and will advise clients in public finance and on economic development matters across Tennessee.

The Kentucky Bankers Association is seeking to halt Attorney General Daniel Cameron's investigation into climate commitments made by six large banks. The suit alleges that the AG overstepped his authority by seeking to compel the banks to turn over certain documents and communications.

As market participants navigate through the remaining weeks of 2022, Jeff Lipton, managing director of credit research at Oppenheimer Inc., expects munis to maintain their outperformance over USTs

The merger talks between South Dakota-based Sanford Health and Minnesota-based Fairview Health are the not-for-profit sector's latest consolidation attempt.

With federal funding accounting for the largest portion of its revenue, Utah is mulling safeguards in the event of a future decrease.

Along with Goldberg and Ninan, a dozen other honorees from the public and private sectors were chosen by the Northeast Women in Public Finance as Trailblazing Women in Public Finance.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's FY 2022 results show the Commission filed 760 enforcement actions and recovered $6.4 billion in penalties and disgorgement, a 9% increase from FY 2021.

HTA employees say they will appeal the stay rejection.

In 2021, Miami-Dade County commissioners approved a 19-year $135 million naming rights deal with FTX for the homecourt of the NBA's Miami Heat.

The future of ESG and how it relates to the present raises questions about the general nature of public finance. 

The DOT's federal financing pipeline has mushroomed in recent years, as has the type of projects being financed.

The upgrades follow Fitch's upgrade of Morgan Stanley, the guarantor to the gas supplier in all of the transactions.

The lenders say document will prevent the use of Vitol as a separate consenting impaired class.

Annual contributions to the General Reserve Fund will increase to 7% of the previous year's revenue from the current rate of 5%.

Triple-A yields fell five to eight basis points while UST saw yields fall up to nine out long, moving the 30-year UST below 4% for the first time since mid-October.

The update noted the growth in the fiscal 2023 budget since its adoption last July was due to the approval of federal grants.