Responses to an MSRB request for comment indicated broad support for an option designed to modernize delivery of municipal fund securities disclosure documents, but there was less unanimity regarding the need for a stand-alone time of trade disclosure rule.

The lawsuit argues the International Emergency Economic Powers Act that Trump invoked to impose tariffs does not grant the president the ability to unilaterally adopt tariffs on goods imported to the U.S.

With the threat to tax exempt municipal bonds looming in a Congress searching for pay-fors, private activity bonds supporting hospitals and higher education are high on the list of potential first targets.

Anna Paulson, executive vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, will replace outgoing Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker.

In a post on his social media platform Thursday morning, the president criticized the Federal Reserve's reluctance to lower rates and said the chair's departure "could not come soon enough."

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that actions that undermine the apparent stability of the U.S. economy could have lasting effects on its status as a global safe haven.

The MSRB's rate card RFI and municipal fund securities will be among agenda topics at next week's quarterly board meeting.

S&P Global Ratings cited longer-term concerns on Palisades wildfire-related liabilities in shifting its CreditWatch on Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to a negative outlook.

The effects could hit island economies, like those of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, whose bonds are speculative grade partly because of fiscal concerns.

Mayor John Whitmire said phased-in funding under an agreement with plaintiffs who successfully sued the city will help address a budget shortfall.

Housing advocates concerned about the fate of private activity bonds are working on strategies for getting PABs and tax-exempt munis off the table while Congress searches for ways to pay for tax cut extensions.

Both states' governors said they will appeal the FEMA denials, which comes amid concern the Trump adminstration is hobbling the emergency response agency.

"Settlor's remorse" is no justification for upsetting a settled order, SEC says.

The state, which lost its positive S&P outlook due in part to previous tax cuts, could have further reductions under a bill that survived the governor's veto.

Rep. French Hill and committee leaders urged House Ways and Means to protect tax-exempt municipal bonds as Congress gears up to tackle tax policy.

The Senate's move to rely on an untested accounting method for the reconciliation bill contributes to the lack of clarity around future deficits, the ratings agency said.

Issuers in Texas are wary of potential changes at the federal and state level that could impact their finances and ability to sell debt.

State lawmakers approved a trailer bill to last year's budget that aided Medi-Cal and provided funding to local governments affected by January's wildfires.

States could face some difficult times ahead, experts say.

Chris Hollins, the city's chief financial officer, said Texas anti-ESG laws are raising costs at the same time the city faces a structural budget deficit.