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The Port Authority of Kansas City will decide whether to authorize $10 billion of taxable revenue bonds on behalf of a data center project with Google links.

Unrated Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority bonds will finance the purchase of the hotel that inspired Stephen King to write 'The Shining.'

Fourteen percent of the state bills would create an electric vehicle fee, and Republicans in Congress have floated their own national EV fee to shore up the Highway Trust Fund.

A $300 million bond and a planned monkey breeding facility's fate are at stake in a legal struggle in Georgia.

Congress has hit the pause on Washington, D.C.'s budget process as a framework for transforming the RFK Stadium site into a viable $3.2 billion NFL venue emerges including the possibility of tapping $856 million in public funds.

Siebert Williams Shank was the only new entrant into the top 10, knocking Piper Sandler out.

The Ohio House's proposed cap on school districts' carryover balances at 30% of their annual operating costs has drawn praise and criticism.

With the threat to tax exempt municipal bonds looming in a Congress searching for pay-fors, private activity bonds supporting hospitals and higher education are high on the list of potential first targets.

Texas investor John Kleinheinz now controls Texas Central, which has spent more than a decade trying to build the Dallas-to-Houston high speed train.

The Osceola School District sales tax revenue bonds got strong ratings despite the county's economy facing headwinds from a weakening tourism sector.

Brown is among the Ivy League schools borrowing money as they face funding threats from the Trump administration.

Citi's exit may have aggravated illiquidity last week, but even the traditional leader in times of stress wouldn't have been able to calm the wild market moves.

Housing advocates concerned about the fate of private activity bonds are working on strategies for getting PABs and tax-exempt munis off the table while Congress searches for ways to pay for tax cut extensions.

The Chicago Public Schools budget hangs in the balance as Trump's Department of Education targets diversity, equity and inclusion programming.

Rep. French Hill and committee leaders urged House Ways and Means to protect tax-exempt municipal bonds as Congress gears up to tackle tax policy.

Issuers in Texas are wary of potential changes at the federal and state level that could impact their finances and ability to sell debt.

Chris Hollins, the city's chief financial officer, said Texas anti-ESG laws are raising costs at the same time the city faces a structural budget deficit.

Draft reconciliation bill text could be released within the next few weeks, said Brett Bolton, vice president of federal legislative and regulatory policy at the Bond Dealers of America.

"Anytime you get a market off 50 basis points in a day, the bulk of that move is being driven by fast money and the fast money is in ETFs," said Michael Pietronico, CEO at Miller Tabak Asset Management.

Yields rose significantly for the fourth time this week as the aftereffects of President Donald Trump's tariffs continue to plague the financial markets.