Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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The Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is facing federal deadlines after a series of fires.
October 28 -
Economists see the Fed ending quantitative tightening soon, but don't agree exactly when.
October 28 -
The government shutdown is wreaking more havoc as air traffic controllers will miss a paycheck this week and federal payments to states for housing bonds and Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle bonds may stop flowing.
October 27 -
California's largest health workers union sent ballot language to state Attorney General Rob Bonta in an effort to add a wealth tax proposal to the November 2026 ballot.
October 27 -
California's recent tax revenues exceeded forecasts, but the state faces structural deficits that drive budgetary borrowing and have narrowed its reserves.
October 24 -
The upgrade is driven by realized and expected improvement in the state's financial metrics, the rating agency said.
October 23 -
The spending cuts and reforms to Medicaid and SNAP in the One Big Beautiful Bill will be phased in through 2028, but most states will start preparing early next year.
October 23 -
North Carolina's triple-A ratings were affirmed ahead of plans to sell up to $506 million in general obligation and limited obligation bonds.
October 23 -
"I've never seen this level of hand wringing at the issuer level," said Matt Boles, managing director at RBC Capital Markets.
October 22 -
Yakym praised the successful effort to preserve the tax exemption throughout One Big Beautiful Bill negotiations and encouraged market advocates to keep lobbying lawmakers.
October 21 -
This will be Charvel's second stint as the city's CFO.
October 21 -
Cities are responding to a state directive to remove symbols on crosswalks and other so-called distractions or risk losing state and federal funding.
October 21 -
The city council of Harvey voted to declare the city financially distressed in a bid for state oversight, as the mayor warned of a city government shutdown.
October 20 -
Its triple-A bonds have recovered after cheapening earlier this year under a pressure campaign from the Trump administration.
October 20 -
The case challenges Oklahoma's authority to collect income taxes from Native Americans who live and work on tribal reservations.
October 20 -
The Roosevelt Institute rolled out a new report on munis revealing the latest trends in public finance along with critiques and recommendations for alternative ways to fund infrastructure.
October 20 -
By delaying the bill signing, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek shortens time opponents have to gather signatures for a measure to overturn the transportation bill.
October 17 -
Maryland's Capital Debt Affordability Committee is recommending the state stick to its guns by endorsing a plan to borrow up to $1.75 billion for capital projects in the coming fiscal year, despite the job shedding inflicted by the Trump administration's plans to shrink the federal government.
October 17 -
The bill was a response to a charter school fraud that took the state for $400 million, but Gov. Gavin Newsom said the proposed reforms were too expensive.
October 17 -
"The project is not dead," said the transportation planning board chair.
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