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KBRA downgraded Los Angeles GO bonds to AA from AA-plus in the city's second downgrade within a week. The city's lease revenue bonds were also cut.

Long Beach has few, if any, peer credits for the $88 million of marina revenue refunding bonds it plans to price next week.

State officials say the long-term infrastructure service contracts Sustainability Partners signs with municipalites should be legally treated as long-term debt.

The top 10 saw some changes, with Gilmore & Bell and Squire Patton Boggs entering the top 10, while Troutman Pepper Locke and Ballard Spahr were bumped.

Dan Aschenbach and Namsoo Lee created Municipal Financial Solutions Associates to help utilities manage the changing economic and regulatory landscape.

Revisit each class of The Bond Buyer's Rising Stars, from 2016 through 2024, as nominations open for the 2025 honorees.

Look back on all three previous classes of our Hall of Fame of municipal finance as we begin accepting nominations for a fourth.

The Bond Buyer will honor a fourth class of inductees into its Hall of Fame of municipal finance, alongside its 10th annual class of Rising Stars, at the close of its Infrastructure event in Boston on Sept. 30.

The law Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed earlier this month will make it harder for local governments and school districts to issue bonds.

The well-known muni strategist said he's pursuing "more market-related opportunities."

The tax exemption is in the eye of a legislative storm to extend President Donald Trump's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, but is it only the start of what's to come?

The order comes as the question of whether the administration has the authority to withhold federal funds plays out in court.

Bills have been introduced to eliminate the May election option for local bond and tax propositions, forcing them onto the November general election ballot.