Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction against the U.S. Department of Transportation's attempt to withhold federal funds from states judged to be in noncompliance with the Trump administration's immigration policies.
June 23 -
"We have to navigate policy not only depending on how the environment evolves, but also with keeping those two objectives in mind," Daly said.
June 23 -
The proposal would effectively cancel part of a rule change that had not yet become effective.
June 20 -
Kelly Hancock resigned his state senate seat and assumed a position that will make him acting comptroller after current Comptroller Glenn Hegar leaves office.
June 20 -
"I would be quite surprised if he did not make a choice that fair-minded observers on both sides recognized as a reasonable person," Summers said on Bloomberg Television.
June 20 -
"We could do this as early as July," Waller said Friday in a televised interview.
June 20 -
Washington and Oregon are still nailing down the final cost and toll rates for the long-planned replacement for the aging spans carrying I-5 across the river.
June 20 -
Florida lawmakers passed a state budget and approved plans to pay off $830 million of debt in fiscal 2026 in advance of maturity.
June 18 -
Housing advocates are cheering the Senate's embrace of expanding Low Income Housing Tax Credits which ensures a volume increase and reduces a key bond threshold test.
June 18 -
A growing rainy-day fund helped Alaska win a Moody's Ratings upgrade, bringing the state's issuer and general obligation bond ratings to Aa2 from Aa3.
June 18 -
Tom Kozlik said he was particularly concerned about the impact of a scaled-back FEMA on issuers in the Southeast.
June 17 -
K-12 public schools get a $55 per-student increase in the state basic allotment, while other funding is allocated to specific purposes.
June 17 -
The Senate needs 51 votes to pass the bill, which has already sparked opposition from moderate and conservative Republicans.
June 17 -
As the Senate Finance Committee works on the the reconciliation puzzle, attorneys, accountants, and doctors are lobbying for keeping the pass-through exemptions that provide a workaround to the cap on state and local taxes in place.
June 16 -
If passed it would untangle sections of the tax code that limits the use of Low-Income Housing Tax credits by Native American tribal governments.
June 13 -
The California High Speed Rail Authority said state funds and a potential public-private partnership would be able to cover the initial Central Valley segment.
June 13 -
The tribal movement toward energy independence through renewable-powered microgrid projects has been slowed, if not stalled, by shifting political winds.
June 13 -
Hospital spreads have widened as investors wait to see how the One Big Beautiful Bill will impact providers.
June 12 -
The mayor and city council chair of Washington D.C. are feuding in public over a deal to bring an NFL stadium to the city by leveraging over $1 billion in public financing.
June 12 -
As Congress grinds through the budget reconciliation, fixed income market experts are eyeballing an uncontrolled national debt while dreading a heavy-handed response from the Treasury bond market.
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