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Congress needs to lift limitations on tax-exempt private activity bonds, say transportation advocates.

"We have got to keep the money coming in to transit," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren D- Mass.

Texas Capital joined the ranks of firms like Crews & Associates adding public finance talent, while SIFMA and Arteria AI partnered on a new platform in May.

Some bills seeking to restrain local government debt issuance are still alive as the Texas Legislature's 2025 session heads towards its home stretch.

The Federal Open Market Committee will meet on June 17-18. While no rate cuts are expected at this point, things can change quickly. Lauren Saidel-Baker, economist at ITR Economics, provides her take on the meeting the new Summary of Economic Projections and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's press conference.

A deal on the state and local tax deduction cap remained elusive as of Monday morning.

The deal includes a mix of new money and refunding, with a small forward-delivery series, as the authority plows forward with capital plans.

The committee may take the bill up again as soon as Monday.

As the Trump administration puts its stamp on dispensing infrastructure funding, proponents of P3's, PABs, federal and formula funding are squaring off against grants to state and local governments.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said lowered revenues from the so-called "Trump slump" forced tough choices during annual May revisions to his budget.

Siebert Williams Shank & Co has been censured and fined $55,000 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for rule violations including reporting inaccurate trade times for roughly 12,100 municipal securities transactions.

Private investment is key to the train's future, said the CEO.