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Federal aid and vaccine distribution boosted the city's finances and optimism for economic recovery, but uncertainty lurks at the national and state levels.

Tom Kozlik of Hilltop Securities explores federal guidance over rescue aid use, whether states and local governments are ready to allocate the funding, and how a "golden age" could loom for public finance. Paul Burton hosts. (20 minutes)

States are well-positioned to emerge from COVID-19, the investment firm said in its annual grading.

Reported savings from advance refundings make great headlines, but they come with a concealed opportunity cost: waiting with refunding until the call date is likely to be considerably more beneficial.

Daily report for May 18, 2021.

Price indexes in the latest New York manufacturing survey came in higher than expected, furthering inflation concerns.

Only 1.6% of the shortfall in the federal Highway Trust Fund would be closed if the federal government begins collecting an annual fee on electric cars and light trucks.

Colorado lawmakers are working on a $5 billion funding proposal for transportation; this week's $500 million debt issue targets immediate needs.

The proposed changes are part of the MSRB's ongoing retrospective rule review.

Three upgrades in two days and four in six weeks mark the state's first bond-rating upgrades in 20 years.

The legislation would bar firms that receive government contracts from discriminating against firearms companies. Smaller banks have quietly dropped their opposition in hopes of gaining more municipal bond business.

Daily report for May 17, 2021.

Gavin Newsom wants to expand Medi-Cal to undocumented seniors, provide broadband to all and create a new grade for four-year-olds.

The Federal Reserve’s policy is in a good place right now, said Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester, while playing down signals from data that she warns will be volatile as the economy reopens.

The speaker of the territory's House of Representatives says its vote is controlling and the board will have to go to court to overrule it.

After facing outside economic data pressures and rising U.S. Treasuries, municipals ended the week on solid footing ahead of a larger calendar with newly upgraded Connecticut leading with $1 billion of exempt and taxable GOs.

Fitch Ratings, S&P Global Ratings and Kroll Bond Rating Agency all upgraded the Constitution State ahead of a $1 billion taxable and tax-exempt transaction set for Wednesday.

The Harvey firefighters pension fund argues that the troubled city's share of American Rescue Plan funds should be subject to an intercept of state funds.

Voters will decide on constitutional amendments regarding the length of time a governor can implement a disaster declaration without legislative consent.

While traditional defined-benefit pension plans remain the prevailing model, at least 19 states have hybrids.