Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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The National Association of Bond Lawyers will give out two separate awards to Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger and longtime muni lawyer David Cholst, for their contributions to the organization and industry over the last four decades.
August 21 -
Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman said she has concerns about an uptick in inflation and will need to see more positive data before supporting an interest rate cut.
August 20 -
The estimated $100 million raised annually from the 0.5% tax increase on the Nov. 5 ballot could be used to back bonds for affordable housing.
August 20 -
Lawmakers could take a scalpel to certain bonds and sectors to penalize issuers for unrelated policies, like school vouchers or campus protests.
August 20 -
The possibility of moving stalled housing bills forward combined with promises of down payment assistance is offering hope to housing advocates.
August 19 -
Loop Capital's Jim Reynolds was among the nine private and public entities that signed a pledge to help bring in more historically underutilized businesses on construction projects.
August 19 -
The measure would have requested $20 billion of bond authority from voters in nine San Francisco-area counties; backers said they would try in a later year.
August 19 -
Environmental, social and governance issues are a ripe debate among Republican states who oppose federal efforts they say are overly political.
August 16 -
State lawmakers will be back in session Aug. 26 in an effort to head off ballot initiatives that worry the state's public finance industry.
August 16 -
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.
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