Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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Moody's Ratings has placed Washington D.C.'s credit rating on review for a possible downgrade for all debt classes due to the Trump administration's cuts to the federal workforce.
March 10 -
Maryland lawmakers proposed a new tax on business-to-business transactions to close a $3 billion budget gap amid the firing of thousands of federal employees.
March 10 -
The issuing entity said it has collected enough money to pay all outstanding debt service.
March 7 -
Gov. Phil Murphy highlighted pensions and fiscal responsibility in his budget address.
March 7 -
A new report identifies reforms to speed up the regulatory process and reduce costs for infrastructure projects in California.
March 7 -
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell emphasized the need for patience amid uncertainty over the Trump administration's policies, saying there would be no immediate rate changes but that the Fed would proceed carefully.
March 7 -
The U.S. Department of Transportation is signaling a change in infrastructure emphasis by pressing the District of Columbia to address safety issues on the city's streets while also pushing Amtrak and WMATA to boost security and curtail fare evasion.
March 7 -
The case related to an attorney the firm used as a consultant in negotiations related to Puerto Rico's debt restructuring.
March 7 -
Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said the Founding Fathers supported independent money management and undoing it now would be a mistake.
March 6 -
A district judge in Rhode Island issued a second order telling the administration to halt its grant freeze, saying his first order is not being followed.
March 6 -
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is in the early stages of hammering out a surface transportation bill designed to prop up the Highway Trust Fund while House Ways and Means tinkers with a tax deal.
March 5 -
Disasters like wildfires, floods and hurricanes "are striking harder and more often."
March 5 -
Senate GOP leaders also aim to make the TCJA tax cuts permanent, which would raise the costs of tax reform unless a new scoring method is adopted.
March 5 -
The Bond Buyer's Caitlin Devitt and Kyle Glazier discuss the outlook for tax and infrastructure legislation.
March 4 -
Texas, Oklahoma, and other Southwest states would jump on the bitcoin bandwagon amid a nationwide surge in bills to invest public money in cryptocurrencies.
March 4 -
Pamela Frederick and Adam Barsky will share their views on the importance of the tax-exemption, how it benefits state and local governments, taxpayers, and U.S. retail investors -- and keeps the country competitive on a global scale.
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The governor aims to secure federal funding with latest executive order in aftermath of Los Angeles fires.
March 3 -
Glenn Lee is warning the city government of a $21.6 million drop in year-to -date collections and a grim financial forecast of years to come due to falling employment levels.
March 3 -
The Trump administration wants to shed federal office space, and bonds backed by those leases are feeling the heat.
March 3 -
Lobbying efforts to keep the muni tax exemption in place is boiling down to convincing select members of the House Ways and Means Committee about the value of munis in financing local infrastructure projects.
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