Committee Chair Sherrod Brown is facing a tough election.

Dealers are welcoming the widening of the exceptions to manual trades and de minimis trading activity but are still asking regulators to prove why such a move is necessary.

Charter school bond issuance have leveled off as issuers consider labels and alternative structures.

The rating agency estimated the cost of college and university capital needs at $750 billion to $950 billion over the next decade.

Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman said she has concerns about an uptick in inflation and will need to see more positive data before supporting an interest rate cut.

Proposed guidelines for federal tax credits could undermine the effort to build a clean hydrogen market, critics say.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority adds Morgan Stanley to the growing list of firms charged with mark-up and mark-down failures on municipal securities transactions.

The state's year-old rules ban broker-dealers and investment advisors from using non-financial criteria in investment strategies.

The amendments to MSRB rule A-12 on registration would cause bank dealers to disclose associated persons, the same requirements that currently apply to non-bank dealers.

Federal agencies have at least initially determined that CUSIP is not the best choice for an identifier as they develop rules pursuant to the FDTA.

The three new members will serve four-year terms beginning with the board's new fiscal year in October.

Regulators indicated they may prefer the use of Financial Instrument Global Identifiers for securities.

Successful roll-outs are countered by regulations and red tape.

The mayor and controller debated the causes for the rating outlook revision to negative from stable ahead of a July city bond sale.

Riedl First Securities Company of Kansas has been fined $15,000 by FINRA for charging unfair prices, violating MSRB Rule G-30 on fair pricing and MSRB Rule G-27 on supervision.

Fitch upgraded Chicago's issuer default rating and GO debt rating to A-minus from BBB-plus and the city's sales tax securitization bonds to AAA from AA-plus.

The Jeffrey Matthews Financial Group has been charged $110,000 for charging unfair prices on 86 municipal bond transactions a week after being dinged for Reg BI violations.

Continued economic growth and budgetary discipline could lead to an upgrade of the state's AA rating over the next two years, S&P said.

During its final quarterly meeting for the FY 2024 fiscal year, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board elected a new chair and vice chair, and approved a $48.8 million budget for the upcoming year.

Local government investment pools remain free from SEC rules