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Municipal bond buyers saw some big note and bond deals hit the market on Wednesday, led by issuers in Georgia and Colorado.

The lawsuits were filed a day after 11 Democrats in the Senate and a bipartisan group of 47 House lawmakers announced a long-shot effort to repeal the regulation using the Congressional Review Act.

The economy was chugging along at about the same pace from mid-May through early July as it had in the previous period, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book.

Stull, a public finance advisor and banker, died Sunday. He was 55.

An oversight board approved Philadelphia’s financial plan with some caveats about revenue projections in the event of a recession.

The goal of the 2018 Chapter 11 restructuring was to establish a capital structure supported by project revenues.

This latest IRS action is one of a series of bond audits involving various government agencies in Puerto Rico.

Veteran-owned Academy Securities has hired Chicago-based public finance banker James Carter

The former BlackRock senior managing director has been elected to the MarketAxess board of directors.

A judge ruled the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority can still write checks even though it was abolished in a bill signed July 3 by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Unlike the other first half rankings, top municipal underwriters counsel have done less business so far this year to what they did in the first half of 2018. Underwriters counsel totaled $104.89 billion in 1,622 transactions compared to $106.76 billion in 1,614 deals. Similarity to the bond counsel rankings, the leader remained that way while the rest of the rankings were muddled.

The top municipal bond counsel rankings were all mixed up from how they looked a year ago, with the exception of Orrick, which remained on top.

The two active municipal bond insurers are currently outpacing their output year-over-year in terms of industry penetration rate, par amount insured and number of transactions. Assured Guaranty and Build America Mutual have combined for $9.69 billion of insured volume spanning 798 transactions and 5.8% penetration rate so far in 2019, up from $9.06 billion in 625 deals and 5.5% insured rate the two achieved during the first six months of 2018.

The top municipal bond financial advisors are almost running on the same pace as they were last year in terms of par amount. So far in 2019 they have accounted for $137.44 billion throughout 3,512 transactions, slightly up from the $137.20 billion in 3,344 deals in the same time period the year before. The top three spots remained the same, with the Public Financial Management Group extending its lead.

Registered advisory firm Dale Scott & Co. will pay $25,000, and one firm and one individual each will pay $10,000 for acting as unregistered solicitors.

The IRS regulation is targeted at ending workarounds by state and local governments that have been enacted since the cap was included in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Warnings about the weak health and liquidity risks of Chicago’ pension system litter the funds’ 2018 financial reports.

The court ruled against an interlocutory appeal by JPMorgan and other defendants accused of collusion in pricing variable rate demand obligations.

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell added little to his recent Congressional testimony, so despite strong retail sales data, it appears the Fed will cut rates later this month.

The muni market started the week hitting the ground running as the second biggest deal of the week priced along with a few others on what was a active Tuesday.