The House oversight subcommittee hearing was titled "Virtue Signaling vs. Vital Services."

Fitch cited improved long-term liability metrics.

Sanchez cited affordable housing and "project-based" types of transactions as areas "where we are seeing … lawyers more openly engaging in structuring that might be problematic." 

The rating agency's review was triggered by the city's move to effectively end plans for a seawater desalination project that has $235 million of bonds outstanding.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered lawmakers back into session to mitigate the impact on hospitals, Medicaid, and other programs from federal policy changes.

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport plans to sell $2 billion of revenue bonds this week as it continues financing for a $12 billion capital program.

Nevada's audited 2023 financials were released more than two years after the fiscal year ended. The state controller says structural changes will reduce delays.

Stephen Miran will take unpaid leave from and might seek to return to President Trump's Council of Economic Advisers, he said, raising conflict of interest questions in his nomination hearing for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board.

Moody's revised Chicago's outlook to stable from positive and affirmed the city's Baa3 issuer and general obligation unlimited tax ratings.

The rating agency cited increases in enrollment and improved net tuition revenues.

Ryan's selection may indicate an SEC aiming to resolve more violations by other means than enforcement actions, one lawyer said.

Attorneys with expertise in municipal disclosure say issuers who land on the list of "sanctuary" jurisdictions need to at minimum do an analysis of how it may impact their obligations.

Chicago Public Schools officials said they will not be making a disputed pension payment when they presented the district's 2026 budget at a board meeting Wednesday.

The pair is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 13.

Little Rock, Arkansas-based Stephens Inc. consented to FINRA's findings without admitting or denying them.

The $137,500 fine for allegedly violating MSRB Rule G-27 was part of a $275,000 total fine imposed.

The fiscal 2026 budget would increase police and fire funding by $63.1 million as the city works to comply with a voter-approved public safety spending mandate.

The rating agency cited stong debt service coverage and modest leverage.

Generous federal support is offset by a small and volatile economy, the agency said.

Ninety percent of FINRA's operating expenses are driven by compensation and technology costs.