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The House and Senate have not agreed to any of the 12 spending bills that fund various federal agencies, nor have they agreed on the reauthorization of the Highway Trust Fund.

The governor cited budget and social justice benefits from a measure to legalize cannabis, which officials say could bring in $600 million of new revenues.

Daily report for September 04, 2020.

Charles Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, said the economy won't be back at pre-pandemic levels until near the end of 2022.

Refinitiv Lipper reported $139.364 million of muni fund inflows, the 17th week in a row of positive results, but the lowest gain since July.

Georgia Power said in its latest report for the Plant Vogtle project that more than 800 workers have contracted COVID-19, and most have recovered.

The stop-and-go 2020 legislative session left some lawmakers feeling there is unfinished business in Sacramento.

Regulators found Stifel effected 56 pairs of pre-arranged transactions and the firm did not have a supervisory system reasonably designed to catch that activity.

The short-term Municipal Liquidity Facility does not meet the city's needs, the mayor said while repeating his call for borrowing authority from New York State.

Nick Bucklin, vice president and portfolio manager at Franklin Templeton, talks with Chip Barnett about ESG investing and why municipal green bonds are an important component of an investor’s portfolio. (19 minutes)

Daily report for September 03, 2020.

The Florida State Board of Administration Finance Corp. deal was upsized by $1 billion on a day that gave muni buyers a wide variety of paper to choose from.

Local governments gain new bond capacity to offset COVID-19-related losses after Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill revised after he vetoed the original measure.

Although there was moderate growth of activity in the economy, continued volatility and uncertainty gives some cause for concern about the overall outlook.

The paper filing requirement for Form 8038-CP was a particular problem early in the pandemic because IRS paper processing centers were shut down from mid-March until sometime in June.

Briefs from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the passenger railroad argue that private activity bonds for the Florida project were allocated correctly.

Neal, the most influential advocate for tax-advantaged bonds in Congress, is assured re-election because Republicans are not fielding a candidate in November.

Proposition 19 would change key aspects of the landmark Prop 13.

Daily report for September 02, 2020.

September got off to a good start as buyers had their pick of a variety of new issues, which priced into a stable market environment.