Law and regulation

Reflection from Outgoing MSRB Chair Natasha Holiday

The advent of environmental sustainability projects in the past decade has introduced a new kind of uncertainty into municipal debt offerings.

A new state law in Arizona is designed to spur the use of land-secured municipal bond financing to increase housing development and lower its costs.

Proposition 40 aims to raise $100 billion through a one-time tax on assets over $1 billion to offset federal Medicaid cuts.

"We look forward to receiving stakeholder comments, which will inform our proposal and next steps in modernizing this important segment of the municipal securities market," MSRB's Ernesto Lanza said. 

To meet the climate challenge, capital investment must shift to early resilience investment and preparation from disaster recovery, a new report argues.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek canceled plans for a Salem data center in July. Her new edict goes further.

PREPA bondholders asked the court to allow actions against Puerto Rico's central government, which they say undermined the authority's ability to pay its bonds.

A lawsuit filed in federal court comes as the turnpike was seeking approval from a state oversight council for $1.5 billion of revenue bonds.

The lawmakers say their bills would establish safety standards for independent, third-party assessments of artificial intelligence systems and models.

Gov. Mike DeWine pointed to fiscal successes including a balanced budget, lowered taxes and a larger rainy-day fund.

The addition of Turner-Bond as a partner will deepen Orrick's public finance practice's P3 expertise.

Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., also said implementation of the data standards law may be tricky with the change of administrations.

Jason Akers, partner at Foley & Judell, vows to fight to keep the municpial bond tax-exemption in his new role.

The two attorneys who joined Chapman were part of the team who worked on CommonSpirit's massive financing in 2019.

John Hallacy of John Hallacy Consulting and Rich Ciccarone, president emeritus of Merritt Research Services, talk with Chip Barnett about the municipal bond business over the past 40 years. They take a look back at where the industry has been, where it is and where it will be going.

Dealer groups look forward to the upcoming meetings to discuss the future of Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board fees.

The amendments add a new section to Rule G-12 to align with Exchange Act Rule 15c6-2.

SIFMA's Leslie Norwood joins Bond Buyer Executive Editor Kyle Glazier for a discussion about the regulatory and legislative outlook for broker-dealers. (17 minutes)

SEC Muni Office Chief Dave Sanchez gave issuer officials some updates on implementation of the transparency law.