Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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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.
February 28 -
It marks a major step forward for the long-stalled high-speed train project between Dallas and Houston.
February 27 -
The House moves the ball forward in the budget battle with an approved plan as public finance leaders lay out the strategy for saving the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds which provides a tempting target for lawmakers searching for ways to pay for promised tax cuts.
February 27 -
A voter-approved charter amendment requiring a bigger police force spurred Moody's Ratings to revise its outlook on the city's A1 bond rating to negative.
February 27 -
The Senate hearing comes as lawmakers start to shape the next surface transportation bill.
February 27 -
Illinois' Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for fiscal year 2023 recently passed the 600-day mark and is threatening to break California's lateness record.
February 26 -
Legislation to continue a sales tax and revenue bond program until July 1, 2028, and allow its use for mall redevelopment projects, passed the Senate.
February 26 -
The House now needs to negotiate a final budget resolution with the Senate, whose leaders have said they want to make the TCJA permanent.
February 26 -
The Pasadena Unified School District plans to eliminate 151 full-time employees, including 115 teachers, as it struggles with the fallout from the Eaton Fire.
February 26 -
Bond lawyers want to make sure their voices are heard as Congress moves toward critical votes on tax policy.
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