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Regulators already have a template around which to build an exemption from Volcker for tender option bonds, wrote SIFMA's Michael Decker.

Only two Michigan school districts remain under state oversight.

Proposition 4 would authorize $1.5 billion in state GO bonds for 13 childrens' hospitals around the state, eight of them private nonprofits.

The MSRB needs to better explain the mock advertisements in its compliance resource, a pair of industry groups told the board this week.

Things began to quiet down in the municipal bond market on Thursday, as most of the big deals have come and gone for the week.

With uncertainty about the tools used to measure the economy, Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Randal Quarles said Thursday, it is important to map out a monetary policy strategy and stick to it.

To combat the challenge, many municipalities have turned to creating OPEB trusts to fund the liabilities.

Andrew Kleine discusses his new book “City on the Line,” which takes readers through his rollercoaster 10-year run as Baltimore budget director — from arriving amid the Great Recession, working with Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake in the lead up to the 2015 riots and implementing outcome based budgeting to achieve a fiscal turnaround. Hosted by Andrew Coen.

"I thought their approach was novel," Connecticut Lottery Corp. President Gregory Smith said of New Jersey's maneuver to boost pension funding.

The composite of the Leading Economic Index was up 0.5% in September following a 0.4% gain in August, the Conference Board said Thursday.

A modernized version of the Taylor rule suggests keeping the fed funds rate target near current levels through 2021, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said Thursday.

Initial claims U.S. state unemployment benefits fell by 5,000 to 210,000 in the October 13 employment survey week.

Manufacturers report expansion at a slightly slower rate in October, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business respondents reported price indexes were “lower than their readings for most of this year.”

Rahm Emanuel, who is not seeking re-election, offered a budget with no tax increases or answers to long-term pension funding questions.

Kelly Jin, a former White House adviser, will work to streamline analytical and data practices in the Big Apple.

California competitively sold nearly $900 million of bonds while the Salt Lake City airport deal was priced in the negotiated sector.

Continued fiscal progress a year in the wake of resolving outstanding casino tax appeals moved Atlantic City’s credit rating toward a B grade for the first time since early 2016.

Veteran Florida bankers Matthew Sansbury and Alex Bugallo joined the firm’s public finance division as managing directors.

Federal Reserve officials stepped deeper into a debate over how high to push interest rates, with a majority appearing to favor an eventual and temporary move above the level they deem neutral for the economy in the long run.

With Democratic majority, Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts, a supporter of tax-exempt bond financing, would chair the Ways and Means committee.