Election 2020

Tax changes sought by the municipal bond industry are likely to be embedded into infrastructure legislation.

Uncertainty has been the code word since March — about the length of the pandemic, about the election, and many other issues. The markets hate uncertainty.

Tough decisions on spending and taxes lay ahead if Illinois voters reject a progressive income tax structure and federal coronavirus relief fails to pan out.

The majority of the spending was $21.36 million devoted to lobbying members of Congress and federal agencies over the 12 months that ended June 30.

Current SEC Chair Jay Clayton will likely not be reappointed as both President Trump and Joe Biden are likely to pick chairs more aligned with their political parties.

Proposed upgrades to the 110-year-old tunnel linking Manhattan and northern New Jersey have hit roadblocks under President Trump.

Although short-term volatility is certain, experts consider whether the long-term outlook would change depending on the winners.

Advance refunding, direct-pay bonds, and increased limits on bank-qualified bonds would be among the muni-friendly tax provisions that have a good chance of becoming law if Democrats control both chambers of Congress.

President Donald Trump announced early Friday that he and First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19, shortly after one of his closest aides, Hope Hicks, had fallen ill with the coronavirus.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s search for a Treasury secretary is widely seen as focusing on Lael Brainard of the Federal Reserve, a choice that would keep both Wall Street and progressives in line.

These public finance supporters in both chambers of Congress include Democrats from Massachusetts, Maryland, and Alabama and Republicans from Mississippi, Ohio, and Texas.

Proposition 15 would detach commercial real estate from California's cap on property assessment increases.

Voters will consider bond issues in three states and a number of tax measures, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Biden's economic adviser pointed out that a new study couldn’t compare Biden’s economic plan to Trump’s because the president doesn’t have one.

Neal, the most influential advocate for tax-advantaged bonds in Congress, is assured re-election because Republicans are not fielding a candidate in November.

Adie Tomer, a fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, talks with Sarah Wynn on the hopes for a future infrastructure bill and what form it could take before and after the November elections. (19 minutes)

Rep. Richard Neal was the lead architect of the muni-friendly provisions in the Moving Forward Act which passed the House in July.

Polling shows President Trump is currently the underdog in nine out of 11 battleground states.

Ashton Goodfield, head of municipal bonds at DWS Group, talks with Chip Barnett about how the municipal bond market has been coping with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and what's in store for the rest of the year. (22 minutes)

Trump's bare-bones campaign agenda released Aug. 23 promises to “build the world’s greatest infrastructure system.”