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After Mayor Brandon Johnson split the city's $260 million advance pension payment, more than 30 aldermen introduced a resolution calling for a special hearing.

"Of all these headlines, there's no direct concern for the muni market or municipal issuers. It's just tangential concerns of what this does for the economy and rates," said Brad Libby, fixed income credit analyst at Wellington Management and a fixed income portfolio manager with Hartford Funds.

The deal will come to market despite the troubles of some other student housing bonds in Florida.

Observers said the Supreme Court likely will allow Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook to remain at her post while she challenges her purported removal by President Donald Trump. But her continued presence would slow, rather than stop, the president's quest for a voting majority on the central bank board.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore unveiled his $70.8 billion budget proposal that is designed to close a $1.5 billion gap via cuts, fund transfers and swaps of bonds for cash.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit's moratorium on new debt issuance comes as voters in five of its 13 member cities will decide whether to withdraw from the agency.

Nederland plans to sell bonds backed solely with revenue generated by the Eldora Mountain Resort, which it plans to buy and improve with the proceeds.

Former WMATA CFO Yetunde Olumide has joined the MSRB as its chief financial officer.

Major cuts to property tax revenue could push cities and counties to turn to less stable forms of revenue like sales taxes, analysts say.

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Report for January 22, 2026

Current events and financial developments outside of the muni sector mean that investors should hold off buying munis until rates correct, said Matt Fabian, president of Municipal Market Analytics.

A plan before county commissioners to put a 0.625% permanent sales tax on the April ballot to complete a bond-financed jail project failed to advance.

Native American Tribes are culling through new rules from the U.S. Treasury Department that could boost economic development.

A letter outlining the industry's priorities marks the PFN's first official act under a new nonprofit status.

Greg Goldberg jumped over from RBC Capital Markets to help Raymond James expand its public finance housing practice.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to keep funding level as the state loses financial support from the federal government and Trump administration.

Governors plan to cut taxes and expand school vouchers across many of the Midwest's Republican-led states in fiscal year 2027.

Report for January 21, 2026