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The proposal would prevent the sale of asset -backed securities tainted by any material conflict of interest and commenters feel that munis should be excluded from the final rule.

Public finance veterans Marvin Markus and Mark Liff join Siebert as managing directors to focus on expanding the firm's infrastructure and higher education practices.

The House and Senate differ in their approaches to lowering property taxes by billions of dollars as the state anticipates a record budget surplus.

Republicans argued the longtime transit and airport CEO lacked the experience necessary to head the FAA.

Daily report for March 27, 2023

Yields on top-rated municipal bonds fell as much as nine basis points on Friday as bank contagion fears resurfaced and investors looked to safe-haven securities. The primary calendar is rebounding, with volume rising to an estimated $5.4 billion in the week ahead.

The move by a Senate committee would pass a baseline budget and put off actions on some of Gov. Janet Mills' new spending proposals.

The state House Appropriations Committee dropped $3.86 billion from a supplemental spending bill, but its chair said the money is "still in play."

"If banks become even more reluctant to make new loans, the likelihood of a recession grows," says New York City Comptroller Brad Lander.

The rating action affects $423 million in bonds and certificates of participation. The territory's issuer rating was affirmed at speculative-grade Ba1.

Wisconsin's Republican legislative majorities for a third consecutive biennium rejected Democrat Tony Evers' capital plan and will craft their own version.

President Joe Biden's fiscal 2024 budget zeros out spending for the popular RAISE grant program.

Airports are being squeezed by modernization demands and servicing existing debt.

Daily report for March 24, 2023

Outflows continued as Refinitiv Lipper reported $427.082 million was pulled from municipal bond mutual funds in the week that ended Wednesday after $461.123 million of outflows the week prior.

Volkswagen will benefit from the largest economic development deal in South Carolina history as it launches a new, all-electric brand of Scout SUVs and pickups.

Flint will receive state pension funding help but plans to press for more pension and local government revenue aid to preserve its struggling tax base as it recovers from the 2014 water contamination crisis.

The ruling may open the way for approval of a payout to bondholders as small as 0.21%.

Big national banks would be banned from state and local government contracts in Oklahoma if their policies "discriminate" against the firearm industry.

The state seeks "long-term stable funding" to advance the nation's largest infrastructure project, which remains in slow motion after almost 15 years.