Commercial banking

Changes to the federal tax code affect how states manage their budgets depending on how or if the state tax codes conform to the new rules.

A flagship program under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the EV charging station initiative was slow to take off despite $5 billion of federal funds.

Alex Laipple is chief growth officer at Ethic, a technology-driven asset management platform that powers personalized, values-aligned and tax-smart investing for financial intermediaries.

The fiscal 2026 budget would increase police and fire funding by $63.1 million as the city works to comply with a voter-approved public safety spending mandate.

Yuval Rooz is the co-founder and CEO of Digital Asset.

A flow of public dollars to private schools has raised credit concerns about public schools and spurred litigation in Southwest states.

Daily report for August 12, 2025

Citing a "meaningful improvement in the state's balance sheet," S&P Global Ratings Monday upgraded New Jersey to A-plus from A.

Returns for the month currently stand at 0.64%, which have "pushed muni returns back into the green with year-to-date returns of 0.09%," said Jason Wong, vice president of municipals at AmeriVet Securities.

The largest investors in the Brightline Florida train have negotiated new terms ahead of an Aug. 13 repayment deadline.

The Virginia Port Authority will sell bonds to finance upfront rent payments for the privately owned Virginia International Gateway.

The University of California is slated to price $1.5 billion in revenue bonds next week even as it battles Trump administration threats to research funding.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said she foresees three interest rate cuts for this year, a view bolstered by the latest employment data.

David Maimon is head of fraud insights at SentiLink and a professor in the department of criminal justice and criminology at Georgia State University.

The rating agency cited stong debt service coverage and modest leverage.

Both sides of the muni market would be affected by new tax schemes being weighed by states with growing populations and dwindling revenues, according to analysts.