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Small business optimism gained in May, reacting to tax cuts and regulatory changes, while nearly one in five respondents expect to raise prices.

The proposed rules would clarify that an institutional investor could take part in a public-private partnership for a bond-financed project without making the bonds taxable.

An advisory panel suggested modifying the fee structure for tax law violations to encourage more issuers to self-report them.

Muni bond buyers were wary ahead of this week’s smaller-than-average new issue calendar as Federal Reserve policy makers gathered.

The SEC's Investor Advisory Committee's vice chairman is Elisse Walter, the former chairman and commissioner of the SEC who was most responsible for the commission's 2012 Report on the Municipal Securities Markets that suggested some of these muni reforms.

Borders is an 11-year veteran of the public finance field and was previously at Chapman and Cutler LLP in Chicago.

Gov. Phil Scott and the state legislature remain at odds over a new spending plan as the a July 1 budget deadline approaches.

John Bel Edwards also called a new special session in hopes of solving an impasse on priority spending.

Chances that the 42-year-old Navajo Generating Station could survive beyond 2019 have improved with President Trump's plan to subsidize coal.

San Francisco voters approved a parcel tax aimed at retaining teachers through salary raises.

Branches in every borough struggle to stay open due to broken boilers, leaky roofs and other serious maintenance problems, said the Center for an Urban Future.

Municipal bonds were mixed ahead of this week’s smaller-than-average new issue calendar and the FOMC meeting.

Consumers’ inflation expectations held, but respondents’ optimism about income and spending slid.

Faced with a long list of expensive and necessary upgrades to the city's wastewater treatment plant, Lewiston, Idaho, officials could soon ask a district judge to approve $28 million in bonding authority.

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise the fed funds rate target by 25 basis points. Will this lead to more volume?

Fiscal restraints under a new bond covenant contributed to strong demand for a state GO sale, said state Treasurer Denise Nappier.

The Conroe Independent School District is considering a bond election only four years after voters approved a $487 million bond referendum in 2015.

Riverdale, Illinois, will leverage its share of state income tax taxes with a junk-rated deal.

Controller Betty Yee released her cash report for May.

S&P Global Ratings revised Alaska's outlook to stable from negative.