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The Democratic governor will have continued powers to thwart proposed wealth taxes from progressive members of his party after Republicans prevented a veto-proof Senate majority.
November 10 -
Among the measures, Arkansas voters voted to make a temporary transportation sales tax permanent and Arizona voters raised income taxes on high earners.
November 9 -
The former vice president spearheaded the Obama administration’s implementation of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
November 7 -
Democratic control of the Senate is considered crucial to many of the public finance sector’s priorities, although some muni groups are optimistic about 2021 with either party in the majority.
November 6 -
To little surprise, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged. Refinitiv Lipper reported tax-exempt muni bond funds lost about $954 million.
November 5 -
Moody's deemed both the likely passage of San Francisco Unified School District's parcel tax and Los Angeles USD's $7 billion bond measure credit positives.
November 5 -
A change in status would have both upsides and downsides for the island territory.
November 5 -
Gov. J.B. Pritzker says preservation of the investment-grade status is "very important;" Illinois bonds traded wider after the income tax referendum failed.
November 5 -
Lynne Funk and Gary Siegel discuss how the election results will affect the municipal market, how the Fed moves forward and some winners and losers with bond ballot measure results and muni advocates who held onto their seats in Congress. (21 minutes).
November 5 -
Biden’s Electoral College count rose to 264, one state away from achieving the 270, according to the Associated Press, which called the former vice president the winner Wednesday in closely fought races in Wisconsin and Michigan.
November 5