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The $17 billion restructuring plan's possible Achilles' heel: it treats Puerto Rico residents differently from those on the U.S. mainland.

President Donald Trump renewed his complaints about Federal Reserve interest-rate increases.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $1.105 billion in December.

Small business optimism slipped a bit in December, but remained at historically lofty levels.

Former Federal Reserve economist Nellie Liang withdrew from consideration for a seat on the central bank’s board of governors, the White House announced Monday.

Municipal bonds started off the week stronger ahead of $7.8 billion of new supply.

The bonds are secured by the power sales contract between American Municipal Power and 22 participants.

The U.S. central bank should only raise interest rates once this year but keep going with its plan to gradually shrink the balance sheet, said Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and one of the Fed’s more dovish policy makers.

Emily Brock, director of GFOA’s federal liaison center, said restoration of advance refundings and increasing the limit on bank qualified debt to $30 million also are among the legislative priorities for 2019.

Chuck Schumer, New York's senior senator and Senate Democratic leader, laid out the harm the ongoing federal government shutdown is doing to the Empire State.

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers jumped into the debate about negative interest rates, signing onto a paper that gives the policy a damning review.

The newly installed Gov. Janet Mills signed an executive order to move forward with voter-approved Medicaid expansion blocked by predecessor Paul LePage.

With more than $3 billion of bond-financed stadium expansions recently completed or on the boards, college football programs are struggling to fill the seats.

Morgan Stanley has hired the former NPFG official as an executive director of credit analysis within the municipal capital solutions group.

Municipal enforcement cases including SEC vs. Dwayne Edwards are among those that have been halted.

Comptroller Glenn Hegar projects a record $119.1 billion of revenue heading into the 2019 legislative session.

Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session ahead of this week’s chunky new issue supply slate.

The municipal market and its investors are awaiting the $7.8 billion of new issuance with open arms, as the year starts with a week that's bigger than the five-day average was in 2018.

Bakersfield College students can expect to see more commotion on campus this spring as work begins on a few construction projects, the largest of which is a new campus center.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is looking to fill five spots for its Board of Directors, important roles influencing the municipal market.