Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., was the only member of the Senate Banking Committee to oppose the nomination of Federal Reserve Board Gov. Jerome Powell to lead the central bank.

Navnoor Kang, the former director of fixed income for the New York State Common Retirement Fund, has pleaded guilty to criminal fraud charges.

The former mayor of Markham, Ill., solicited and received a $75,000 bribe from a contractor in return for giving him work on a bond-financed project.

The proposed ballot initiative would make Proposition 13 property tax breaks portable.

A federal judge has barred Ramapo, N.Y., from issuing new bonds for three years unless it hires an independent disclosure counsel.

The land swap is one of the obstacles that must be cleared to build Wayne County a new jail at a new site.

The SEC went into its expanding toolbox to bring fraud charges against Oyster Bay, N.Y., and its former top elected official for hiding the existence and potential impact of side deals with a businessman.

The California Debt Limit Allocation Committee wants to allocate $900 million in remaining private activity bond capacity.

As the political gears churn, issuers and borrowers should huddle with legal counsel and financial advisors to consider the possibility of worst-case scenarios in which some or all of the proposed tax reform legislation is enacted.

SEC takes stock of fiscal 2017 in enforcement and finds 4% of its cases were public finance-related.

Mehran Tazhibi agreed to pay a $10,000 fine and be suspended for two months.

While muni advocates may have an opportunity to defend private activity bonds and deductions favorable to the market, both Houses of Congress appear to be aligned on banning advance refundings.

There isn't much need to overhaul primary offering rules, dealers and muni advisors told the MSRB.

The Senate is debating its own separate plan, and it isn’t yet clear the chamber will have enough votes to pass it.

The SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations found municipal advisors had trouble meeting registration, books and records and supervisory requirements.

Several big names in the muni market will be part of a new SEC committee

MSRB data shows the extent to which alternative trading systems are used in the muni market.

Dealers are pleased that the MSRB has expanded the exemption to its CUSIP proposal.

Smaller hospitals and colleges and affordable-housing developers will be more challenged in distributing their bonds under proposed tax reforms.

Muni market participants may not be ready in time to implement a pending markup disclosure rule on which regulators place huge importance.