Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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Missouri's Kansas City Public Schools is looking to take its modernization plan to voters and seek approval for a $474 million GO bond measure next April.
August 16 -
Proposed guidelines for federal tax credits could undermine the effort to build a clean hydrogen market, critics say.
August 16 -
Salt Lake City School District is seeking $730 million of bonds and Salt Lake County is asking for $507 million of bonds at the Nov. 5 general election.
August 15 -
Efforts at every level to respond to the growing problem of extreme heat are beginning to reshape how state and local governments think about emergency management.
August 15 -
Missouri Secretary of State John Ashcroft's office said the ruling was "not just legally deficient but also morally wrong."
August 15 -
The state has selected a stretch of Interstate 24 between Nashville and Murfreesboro to be its first "Choice Lane," an optional toll lane to bypass congestion.
August 15 -
Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland is leveraging the P3 process to build eight new schools while issuing $663 million of taxable bonds.
August 14 -
The state's year-old rules ban broker-dealers and investment advisors from using non-financial criteria in investment strategies.
August 14 -
Months after the SEC approved several spot bitcoin exchange-traded product shares, a number of Midwest public pension funds are dabbling in crypto investments.
August 14 -
It was a busy week for the nation's only publicly funded high-speed train project, which named a new CEO and debuted electric Caltrain cars following the Republican bill that aims to derail the "expensive mess."
August 12 -
Dolton's unfunded expenditures have soared since 2021, resulting in a negative $3.65 million balance in its general fund, Lori Lightfoot told village trustees.
August 12 -
As governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz has proposed some sweeping investments, including a $3.3 billion bonding bill that was the largest in the state's history.
August 9 -
The state bond commission approved Wells Fargo, Bank of America and JPMorgan as part of an underwriting pool Louisiana can hire on debt deals.
August 8 -
State Treasurer Dale Folwell wants to know if Cabarrus County will have voters vote on bonds in the future through general obligation referendums.
August 8 -
Treasury's warning "would be absurd if it wasn't so serious," opined the NSSF, the firearm industry trade association.
August 7 -
Gary Quinzel, vice president of portfolio consulting at Wealth Enhancement Group, gives his views about monetary policy and offers his opinion on the FOMC statement and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's press conference.
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Tim Walz will be joining Kamala Harris on the Democratic ticket, bringing issues such as infrastructure investment, the child tax credit and his work in public schools front and center.
August 6 -
The Build America Bureau is poised to release awards for its asset concession program and preliminary guidelines for value-for-money analysis, two key P3 programs authorized under the IIJA.
August 6 -
Vikram Rai of Wells Fargo is dubious of some widely-held assumptions.
August 6 -
The states and others are pushing back against studies showing adverse financial effects from laws that punish banks for their fossil fuel and firearm policies.
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