Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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New York City is keeping a wary eye on Congress as it considers whether to pause a refunding deal set for next week.
May 24 -
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority asked the court to approve $500 million of bonds to jumpstart funding for a $5 billion extension project.
May 24 -
Weakening revenues should be a red flag for states, particularly those planning tax cuts, said Lucy Dadayan of the Urban Institute's Tax Policy Center.
May 24 -
The state-supported deal with Ørsted for a $1.6 billion wind farm off of Atlantic City's Coast is awaiting federal Record of Decision this summer.
May 23 -
Inflation joined supply chain struggles, wage pressures, and the labor shortage — most acutely felt with nursing staff — dragging down the sector's margins.
May 23 -
Austin planned to use property taxes approved by voters in 2020 to pay off bonds for the project.
May 23 -
The new law's uncertain impact on cities and states has been a hot topic at the GFOA's annual conference this week.
May 23 -
Gov. Brian Kemp announced projects that will receive $225 million in funds from a program created under the American Rescue Plan Act.
May 22 -
Arizona, Nevada and California announced an agreement on Colorado River water use reductions, possibly averting a more stringent federal solution.
May 22 -
Public sector employers are in a fierce competition with the private sector for workers and may be losing amid labor shortages and inflation.
May 22 -
"If the banking stresses start to bring inflation down for us, then maybe we're getting closer to being done. I just don't know right now," said Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari.
May 22 -
When it comes to federal funds flowing to cities and states, top issues to watch are a potential claw back of stimulus aid, fresh infrastructure fund opportunities and guidance on first-of-its-kind tax credits.
May 22 -
With a healthy surplus built over several years, the state adopted a series of tax relief measures. Those actions, along with robust growth in fiscal 2022 that triggered an automatic tax cut, are driving revenue projections lower.
May 19 -
The Biden Administration has partnered with five cities and the State of California in efforts to reduce homelessness.
May 19 -
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gave a clear signal he is inclined to pausing interest-rate increases next month and said that tighter credit conditions could mean the policy peak will be lower.
May 19 -
Walt Disney Co., embroiled in a high-profile fight with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, is closing a luxury hotel at Walt Disney World and dropping plans to relocate 2,000 California employees to a new corporate campus it was building in the state.
May 18 -
With hotel taxes unlikely to keep pace with debt service , the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority is eyeing a restructuring to extend final bond maturity.
May 18 -
The FOMC meets June 13-14. Join us June 15 at 2 p.m., Eastern time, as Jeffrey Cleveland, chief economist at Payden & Rygel, provides his take on the meeting statement, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell's press conference and the latest Fed projections.
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Panelists at the National Federation of Municipal Analysts discussed their experiences dealing with resiliency in the face of budgetary and environmental problems.
May 17 -
The city's agreement for the $2.1 billion, mixed-use project to build an arena for the NHL's Arizona Coyotes included a bond-financed cleanup of a landfill.
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