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It substitutes the $160 billion in direct aid to state and local governments that had been proposed with direct checks to individuals.

The former South Bend, Indiana mayor understands the needs of state and local governments, though he lacks experience running a large organization.

The legal wrangling over whether the state can control expressways in Miami-Dade County is expected to rage on well into 2021.

The rising number of COVID-19 cases and the restrictions imposed to stop its spread, led to a pullback in consumer spending and has a regional service sector reeling.

It has become apparent that even more creativity will be necessary to pass legislation in the upcoming Congress. The only problem is we do not have the luxury of time.

Daily report for December 16, 2020.

Illinois expects to close by the end of the week on a three-year loan through the Federal Reserve at 3.42%, a steep penalty compared to the state's current trading levels.

The state of Illinois sold $2 billion of three-year notes to the Federal Reserve's Municipal Liquidity Facility at 3.42%.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is proposing a scaled down 2021 budget that includes additional borrowing for its capital program.

The authority that financed baseball and football stadiums in Chicago is sounding fiscal alarms as the coronavirus pandemic crushes hotel tax revenue.

While the latest read of manufacturing from the New York region suggests slowing, with COVID vaccines starting to be rolled out, the future index gained.

The bill includes money for coronavirus vaccine distribution, schools, transit, airports, small business, and the unemployed.

The municipal market can best be described as a "Goldilocks market" due to accommodative federal monetary policy, strong demand and limited supply, bond director Ben Watkins told the Cabinet.

One must be mindful of and pay close attention to obligor filings, credit spreads and, of course, rating actions whatever chair you sit in.

He has a background working in the island's pharmaceutical industry and for the island's government working to attract and retain private sector firms.

The Idawy Solid Waste District is being honored for its four-county, two-state effort to finance a state-of-the-art landfill.

Daily report for December 15, 2020.

Ken Lind, leader of Nixon Peabody's project finance and public finance group, breaks it down by sectors and financing instruments. He also examines virus-related SEC disclosure guidance plus the planned phaseout of Libor. Paul Burton hosts. (38 minutes). Recorded Dec. 2.

Joe Torsella still advised that such a move to backstop the commonwealth's two largest public retirement funds is no panacea.

How assumptions are settled on revenues, spending, and the economy will affect the Commonwealth debt plan.