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2022 volume projections are clouded by many uncertainties. What is not murky is that demand for municipals is unlikely to fade.

The Act 154 excise tax brought in 21% of revenue to the General Fund July to October.

If Nevada surpasses $500 million in gaming revenues in December, it will become the greatest single-year total.

The complaint, targeting Louisiana’s complex sales tax collection system, comes after voters rejected a constitutional amendment to simplify local sales and use tax collection.

A HilltopSecurities survey found skilled nursing and senior living as the sectors they were most concerned about for 2022.

Despite its snowy reputation, the region sees itself as a climate refuge due to cooler temperatures, reliable infrastructure and Lake Erie freshwater.

Unregistered municipal advisor activity and breaches of fiduciary duty remain priorities.

The Bond Buyer takes a look back and remembers those in the public finance industry who died in 2021.

Net supply pressure among tax-exempts is expected to worsen in January compared to last year and the move toward richer tax-exempts is unlikely to reverse. "Dealers seem to be acknowledging this looming challenge," MMA notes.

This would be fourth attempt to refund the islands' debts. Moody's Investors Service projects the island's pension fund will run out of cash by the start of fiscal 2024.

Fitch raised the CBOE’s issuer default rating and outstanding unlimited tax GOs to BB-plus from BB and outstanding dedicated capital improvement tax bonds to A from A-minus.

Inflation, labor shortages and implementation uncertainties loom as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act moves into center stage next year.

Welch heads Squire Patton Boggs' California Public Finance practice.

A $10.85 million private placement of special assessment revenue bonds for the Ojus Sanitary Sewer Special Benefit Area will foster economic development.

Muni bonds have not been not the quick way to big returns in 2021. But for the right client, they are the perfect addition to a portfolio focused on stability and low risk, advisors say.

Investors will also receive $139 billion of interest payments in 2022, about $593 million more than in 2021, according to a report from CreditSights.

Pension laws had been perhaps the key issue that could have scuttled the island's debt restructuring deal.

Towns in many states manage a big chunk of local roads but see little support from federal surface transportation formula grants.

The Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department have a number of important updates for the muni market in 2022.

The university is planning to sell $500 million of taxable 100-year bonds in the first quarter of 2022.