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Daily report for July 09, 2025

"Market volatility is likely to pick up, but the latest development does not constitute an escalation in the trade war," according to UBS strategists.

The dueling lawsuits underscores the need for alternative dispute resolution in public-private partnership contracts, said a P3 attorney.

Without the increase U.S. Virgin Islands matching funds bonds would have defaulted in the next few years, some observers said.

California local, state and federal officials blasted the Trump administration and congressional GOP for blocking supplemental recovery aid after the wildfires.

The markets are waiting for the Federal Open Market Committee to make its next move.

The budget traveled a bumpy road before a package of spending bills won final passage just days before the July 1 start of fiscal 2026.

A New Jersey school district will likely avoid filing for bankruptcy after the state passed a budget that raised property taxes. 

Daily report for July 08, 2025

Markets are "tilting to a risk-off posture as participants brace for the chance of Trump tariff-sparked turbulence in the coming hours and days," said José Torres, senior economist at Interactive Brokers.

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The policy shift may crowd out some projects, warned Baruch Feigenbaum, senior managing director of transportation policy at Reason Foundation.

Housing advocates are celebrating the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill for the boost in Low Income Housing Tax Credits which is projected to boost the use of private activity bonds.

JP Zaptin has joined Baird where he will establish a municipal trading desk

Moody's expects enplanements at the facility will remain below the low end of its former projections.

New Hampshire Supreme Court found that the state doesn't spend enough on education, but upheld the education property tax system.