Politics

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.

Florida lawmakers passed a state budget and approved plans to pay off $830 million of debt in fiscal 2026 in advance of maturity.

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.

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.

Tom Kozlik said he was particularly concerned about the impact of a scaled-back FEMA on issuers in the Southeast.

K-12 public schools get a $55 per-student increase in the state basic allotment, while other funding is allocated to specific purposes.

The Senate needs 51 votes to pass the bill, which has already sparked opposition from moderate and conservative Republicans.

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.

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.

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.

The tribal movement toward energy independence through renewable-powered microgrid projects has been slowed, if not stalled, by shifting political winds.

Hospital spreads have widened as investors wait to see how the One Big Beautiful Bill will impact providers.

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.

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.

Southeast state governments are among the most dependent on federal Medicaid, SNAP and FEMA funding.

In a Monday special session that went late into the night, the state legislature passed a $66 billion budget that includes a $700 million bonding bill.

The bill would exempt lead service line replacement projects from the IRS' private business use test.

Municipal bond issuers in the state dodged a barrage of bills in this year's legislative session seeking to constrain their debt sales.

The National Association of Bond Lawyers is looking for answers from the Internal Revenue Service regarding a few questions.

Observers say a bankruptcy by Genera PR could complicate the PREPA bankruptcy.