Even short government shutdowns create uncertainty and risks for city leaders.

Kaufman Hall acquired HRE Capital last week

The Internal Revenue Service has moved to mandatory electronic filing of its form which deals with direct payments of Build America Bonds and Qualified Zone Academy Bonds.

A merger of Beaumont Health and Spectrum Health would form the largest system in Michigan with 22 hospitals and $12 billion of revenue.

The proposed union that would give the two a healthy market position in Illinois comes as federal regulators are stepping up anti-competitive scrutiny of such transactions.

The deal enhances the data, analytics and execution services the firms provide for municipal bonds and other fixed income securities, they said.

Hospital consolidation continued though the coronavirus pandemic; how the Biden administration's pro-competition executive order will play out remains unknown.

PFM Asset Management will continue to operate as a separate entity. The deal does not affect PFM’s financial advisory business which will continue to operate independently.

The U.S. Supreme Court's upholding Obamacare removes one potential headache for a healthcare sector still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic's wounds

The Justice Department analysis was released Wednesday in conjunction with a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on two competing bills aimed at determining the territory’s future.

Now the fifth largest bank in the U.S., PNC will expand its banking and capital markets activities across the Southwest and Western regions.

The two systems began negotiations in January to transfer 14 CommonSpirit hospitals in Minnesota and North Dakota to Essentia.

Northwest Community became the second independent hospital to affiliate with the Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore Health system over the past year.

The COVID-19 pandemic is both reinforcing traditional strategies that drive consolidation and steering new trends

Illinois is among the states that critics say have downplayed their unfunded long-term debts and should be forced by new GASB rules to become more transparent.

Munis were stronger across the curve as secondary trading was constructive and bellwether credits moved yields lower.

Leveraging technology for the creation and distribution of both companies’ products while also providing transparency and educational tools for financial advisors, institutions and issuers, is key to the merger.

The deal is the latest example of a consolidation in the financial information and data industry.

CommonSpirt would shed some hospitals — mostly smaller critical access ones — under a letter of intent with the Minnesota-based system.

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