Politics

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.

State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that bans state and local government contracts with companies that "discriminate" against the firearm industry.

The order comes as the question of whether the administration has the authority to withhold federal funds plays out in court.

Bills have been introduced to eliminate the May election option for local bond and tax propositions, forcing them onto the November general election ballot.

Washington lawmakers delivered a balanced budget after tweaking program cuts and tax increase plans multiple times.

The coming fiscal year will have more than 10 times the state bonding as the current fiscal year.

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.

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.

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.

The lawsuit contends that only Congress has the power to set tariffs that the president has unilaterally increased.