Politics

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has rolled out bipartisan legislation designed to depoliticize FEMA and move the agency towards formula-based grants, a win for counties.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed the legislation expected to raise $40 million annually.

The Senate Committee on Appropriations released its version of the Transportation Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Act which contains more money for the public transit than the House version.

A number of universities have used the capital markets for financing as the Trump administration targets federal funding for higher education.

The cuts to Medicaid enacted by Republicans in Washington have such enormous negative ramifications for New York State's hospitals, government and patients.

There have been critics of SRO authority since they started regulating the financial industry nearly a century ago, but their ideas have yet to find a political moment so suited to them.

Port Freeport's decision to go property tax-free resulted in a revenue bond rating downgrade from S&P and raised disclosure questions.

The MSRB Board also elected PRAG's Wendell Gaertner as vice-chair and approved a budget and rate card.

The Trump administration has denied Maryland's request for Federal Emergency Management Agency funding to aid communities on the western side of the state who were flooded out in May.

The effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill have yet to make a dent in state and local budgets as market experts and academics look into the future with concern.