Bonds

Education funding, revenue sharing and a capital budget are among the front-and-center issues in Olympia.

Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board members meeting here next Wednesday and Thursday will discuss the market comments it received on whether to write new rules or guidance on primary market practices.

PFM Financial Advisors' Mary Francoeur is the 2018 chair of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision to more vigorously enforce federal marijuana laws probably won't lower state credit ratings, but could impact their tax revenues.

Texas sales tax revenue continued its double-digit growth, signaling the strength of the state's economy.

Houston alerted investors to a last-minute lawsuit questioning the legality of the election process as the city priced $1 billion of voter-approved bonds.

California Treasurer John Chiang promotes Washington to head the health finance conduit issuer.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is putting lawmakers to work the week before Christmas in hopes of delivering a balanced budget by the end of the year.

Despite the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Texas's November sales tax revenue soared 11% to a record $2.78 billion.

Alaska's fiscal slide has halted, at least for now.

Geoffrey Teal, an MPA candidate at San Diego State University, has won an NFMA scholarship.

A SIFMA official testified about muni regulatory concerns of dealers.

VRDO rate resets and filings of continuing disclosure documents were also down quarter-over-quarter.

The MSRB backed off an effort to write a new rule on minimum denominations and will modify proposals on CUSIP numbers and muni fund securities.

Growth in airports, ports and toll road sectors was strong in the first half of this year.

SEC nominees Hester Peirce and Robert Jackson fielded questions from Senators on Tuesday.

The 2017-2018 plan contains one new item — private activity bond guidance.

Treasury, IRS concerns remain that some political subdivisions are controlled by developers.

The MSRB has several agenda items queued up for its Oct. 25-26 meeting.

BDA is bolstering its federal legislative and regulatory policy staff.