The city, which faces a budget shortfall, would receive the lesser of 30% or $80 million of Harris County Toll Road Authority surplus toll revenue.

It's the latest in a series of legislative efforts to restore tax-exempt advance refunding of bonds.

Falling financial dominoes started by a continuing resolution passed by Congress is leading to budget delays and the threat of a lawsuit by City Council as Washington prepares for a nearly $1.5 billion bond issuance.

Republicans balked at a national car registration fee to support the insolvent Highway Trust Fund.

State officials say the long-term infrastructure service contracts Sustainability Partners signs with municipalites should be legally treated as long-term debt.

"FINRA has drifted far from its intended purpose," Rep. Lisa McClain said.

Attracting more private investment to the affordable housing sector is becoming more urgent with the reintroduction of a bill in the Senate that could spur the use of private activity bonds.

The law Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed earlier this month will make it harder for local governments and school districts to issue bonds.

Congress has not authorized a fresh revenue source for the Highway Trust Fund in three decades.

Industry leaders at The Bond Buyer's Texas Public Finance event discuss how tax policy threats, tariffs, and federal budget cuts could create a new paradigm for muni borrowing costs and credit resilience.

State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that bans state and local government contracts with companies that "discriminate" against the firearm industry.

The order comes as the question of whether the administration has the authority to withhold federal funds plays out in court.

Bills have been introduced to eliminate the May election option for local bond and tax propositions, forcing them onto the November general election ballot.

Washington lawmakers delivered a balanced budget after tweaking program cuts and tax increase plans multiple times.

The coming fiscal year will have more than 10 times the state bonding as the current fiscal year.

Committees will begin Tuesday to mark up their pieces of the sweeping tax bill, with the key Ways and Means committee session tentatively set for May 12.

Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration are already affecting port operations as Moody's has revised the U.S. ports sector to a negative outlook reflecting an expected 7%-12% decline in volume.

MSRB appreciates "the robust stakeholder engagement and response" to its requests for feedback on both the rate card and a municipal fund securities concept release, Board Chair Bo Daniels said.

The lawsuit contends that only Congress has the power to set tariffs that the president has unilaterally increased.

Muni advocates resist some of the arguments for eliminating the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds espoused in a new book by infamous Wall Street whistleblower Michael Lissack.