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Lawmakers must consider the proposal before the end of the legislative session this month after a gut-and-amend maneuver.

The $250 million in debt being issued for Montana Renewables is equal to nearly half the state's issuance for last year.

The banking sector crisis caused a flight-to-quality bid in USTs last week.

The MTA, which expected to begin collecting the tax next year, has revised downward its 2024 projections as federal review is taking longer than expected.

Sen. Susan Collins introduced the SALT Deduction Fairness Act last week, the latest effort to restore a full income tax deduction for state and local taxes.

The nation's top court may well have to weigh in on the constitutionality of the strings attached to the federal pandemic aid.

Among the record number of bills filed in the biennial session are bills aiming to restrict or expand municipal bond issuance.

The Hall of Fame initiative celebrates individuals whose careers have left an indelible mark, while the Rising Stars program recognizes the muni finance leaders of tomorrow. The 2023 classes will be revealed the week of August 7.

The reverberations from the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failures make the outcome of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting unpredictable.

Daily report for March 20, 2023

Investors will be greeted Monday with a new-issue calendar estimated at $4.064 billion.

Governments across the Northeast announced support for emerging industries affected by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

The watchdog would have the power to subpoena data from oil companies.

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said the Federal Reserve shouldn't be spooked into easing its campaign to contain inflation out of excessive concern about a credit crunch in the wake of the recent banking turmoil.

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank clouds the economic landscape and complicates monetary policy decisions but it's a long way off from the troubles banks and broker-dealers faced in the 2008 financial crisis.

The school district's AA-plus rating is supported by strong reserves and Houston's economic strength, S&P Global Ratings analysts said.

Daily report for March 17, 2023

Is the banking sector in crisis? What happened, and what can bankers learn from this turmoil? Two of American Banker's reporters discuss the fallout and what comes next with the magazine's editor-in-chief.

Outflows continued as Refinitiv Lipper reported $461.123 million was pulled from municipal bond mutual funds in the week that ended Wednesday after $307.815 million of outflows the week prior.

President Biden's budget would allow large transit agencies to divert formula capital grants to operations in 2024, a move that one transit official said may hurt smaller agencies.