Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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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.
May 1 -
It's the latest in a series of legislative efforts to restore tax-exempt advance refunding of bonds.
May 1 -
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.
May 1 -
Republicans balked at a national car registration fee to support the insolvent Highway Trust Fund.
May 1 -
State officials say the long-term infrastructure service contracts Sustainability Partners signs with municipalites should be legally treated as long-term debt.
May 1 -
"FINRA has drifted far from its intended purpose," Rep. Lisa McClain said.
April 30 -
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.
April 30 -
The law Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed earlier this month will make it harder for local governments and school districts to issue bonds.
April 30 -
Congress has not authorized a fresh revenue source for the Highway Trust Fund in three decades.
April 29 -
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.
April 29 -
State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that bans state and local government contracts with companies that "discriminate" against the firearm industry.
April 29 -
The order comes as the question of whether the administration has the authority to withhold federal funds plays out in court.
April 29 -
Bills have been introduced to eliminate the May election option for local bond and tax propositions, forcing them onto the November general election ballot.
April 29 -
Washington lawmakers delivered a balanced budget after tweaking program cuts and tax increase plans multiple times.
April 28 -
The coming fiscal year will have more than 10 times the state bonding as the current fiscal year.
April 28 -
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.
April 28 -
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.
April 25 -
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.
April 25 -
The lawsuit contends that only Congress has the power to set tariffs that the president has unilaterally increased.
April 24 -
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.
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