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Questions from transit observers and advocates followed the announcement by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of its $51.5 billion capital program.

Xay Khamsyvoravong, chairman of the Providence Water Supply Board, explains how this trending accounting tool could help offset Rhode Island’s local pension liabilities. Paul Burton hosts.

Gerrard Bushell is leaving the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York after four and a half years as president and CEO.

Moody's Investors Service said the uptick in prepaid gas volume reflects a wider spread between tax-exempt and taxable yields.

Middle East unrest, oil price volatility and a Fed policy meeting all combine to weigh on this week’s $10B new-issue calendar.

GASB is taking action because changing the reference rate on the hedge is ordinarily considered a termination event.

Public private partnerships for an airport, a commuter rail service, and student housing have gone sour in the Southwest.

The Kentucky Supreme Court’s ruling prevented a quasi-governmental agency that filed for bankruptcy from leaving the state pension system.

BondWave LLC launched its Benchmark Data and Trading Indices on Monday.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's budget gap report comes amid deliberations on the MTA's five-year capital plan that raise accusations of secrecy.

The proposed change would create a hurricane reconstruction coordinator. an audit of the island’s debt, and federal funding for the Oversight Board.

Municipal yields and issuance plans both rose, showing market participants aren't uncertain about the meeting, with a quarter point cut in interest rates baked in.

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Despite his pessimism about legislation, Mayor Steve Benjamin was upbeat about the effort by himself and other advocates of the municipal bond industry to get out their message.

City tours, panel discussions, and remarks from the mayor and chief financial officer are planned.

Saint Mary's College, a sister school to the University of Notre Dame, will sell $27 million of new money bonds and $15 million to refund debt.

A new legal bulletin was requested by SEC Chair Jay Clayton after he observed lawyers noting that some platforms put financial disclosure under more scrutiny.

Lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that would set up a commission to study if the state should require the machine-readable accounting program.

Oklahoma joins the ranks of state and local governments struck by hackers, fueling concerns about the escalating risk of such attacks on municipalities.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Puerto Rico will have to look for an alternative to the Act 154 tax.