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Finance chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch is looking for the $11 billion needed to keep the HTF solvent through 2015.
May 6
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Default rates are far higher for corporates than for munis with the same ratings, a discrepancy regulators are hoping to address with a rule that takes effect June 15.
May 6
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Lack of action on a long-term transportation funding bill is a joke, said Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.
May 5
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Lumesis Inc. has formed a strategic relationship with Pershing LLC that will give immediate access to DIVER Advisors municipal bond reports and compliance solutions to Pershings clients.
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Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. and John Hoeven, R-N.D., on Monday introduced legislation that would create Move America Bonds, which would generally be treated as exempt-facility, private-activity bonds but would have fewer restrictions and separate state volume caps that could be converted into tax credit allocations.
May 4
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Average gasoline consumption falls to a 30-year low, threatening revenues from the main source of state and federal transportation funding.
May 4
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Tim McGregor, director of municipal fixed income management at Northern Trust, says volatility is creating opportunities.
May 4
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House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan is working on a "limited tax reform" package that could contain revenue for the Highway Trust Fund and extenders and that could be passed this summer.
May 1
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Municipal bond volume is expected to rebound to more than $9 billion in the coming week, as issuers take advantage of post-tax season demand.
May 1
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For the week ended April 30, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, increased four basis points to 4.30% from 4.26% from the previous week.
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Dozens of municipal market groups made the case for preserving tax-exempt bond financing and/or easing certain bond restrictions in documents submitted to the Senate Finance Committees tax-reform working groups.
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Oregon selects the vendors that will collect the vehicle data needed for the nations first pay-per-mile road usage program.
April 30
