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The House document outlining potential policy changes focuses heavily on the healthcare sector to generate savings.

"Stan, as a former CFO and controller within the school system, has considerable insight into the needs of our education clients, and can leverage the full breadth of Stephens' resources to help them realize their goals," Stephens' Leigh Ann Biernat said in a statement.

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Public school districts sought bond authorizations in January totaling $469 million, which topped an available state cap of $293.4 million.

Dr. Shawn Wilson, former Louisiana Transportation Secretary, discusses the transformative Calcasieu Bridge project, lessons from public-private partnerships, and how the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is reshaping U.S. infrastructure development.

While Texas is forecasting a big budget balance, fiscal boom times are ebbing for it and other Southwest states amid tax cuts and depleted federal funding.

Unfortunately, a vocal minority believes eliminating the longstanding tax exemption on local, state, and municipal bonds is one way to pay for extending tax cuts.

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Ben Conner is the CEO of Conner Insurance.

Kyle Krumlauf is director of industry analytics for CCC Intelligent Solutions, a cloud platform powering the P&C insurance economy, providing customers with information andinsights to help them manage their businesses. Kyle brings over 20 years of industry experience, having served in a variety of leadership and individual contributor roles at Nationwide and Grange Insurance. He has worked in claims, comparative rating, product management, competitive intelligence, commercial lines BI & Analytics, and Innovation. 

Denise Leonhard is the general manager of Zelle.

Sources on the Hill indicate that whatever gets cut will come from that list. But that doesn't mean that everything on the list is going to get cut.

The Los Angeles-area wildfires have sparked a negative rating watch for several credits from Fitch Ratings.

Tom Suchodolski is a vice president and client advisor in Whittier Trust's Pasadena, California office, where he manages complex, multigenerational client relationships for ultrahigh net worth families.

Prior to joining Whittier Trust, he was a part of the forensic accounting group at CBIZ MHM in Los Angeles, working closely with ultrahigh net worth clients and their attorneys on highly complex and confidential legal matters.

As the Trump administration fills out it cabinet positions, advocates for housing affordability are feeling hopeful but cautious.

The Regents of the University of California leads the negotiated calendar with $2 billion of general revenue refunding bonds.

While the new tax policies should address the state's projected deficit, rating agencies are cautious about the projected revenues and federal spending on Medicaid, which could impact Louisiana.

Fieldman, Rolapp & Co. has acquired Orem, Utah-based municipal advisor G.L. Hicks, a healthcare finance specialist.