Tax-exempt bonds

Several cities could eliminate or drastically reduce unfunded pension liabilities, Reason Foundation's Robert Poole found.

The trouble stems from a West Virginia tender offer deal Crews & Associates recommended to an issuer.

The House's powerful speaker will need to win the votes of moderates.

The legislation passed the Senate by 69-30 setting the stage for House lawmakers to work on it and for Senate Democrats to weigh a social infrastructure agenda.

With federal aid rolling out, the municipal credit picture is improving and issuers are coming to market at a faster clip. An infrastructure package could push issuance levels even higher.

More and more investors are becoming interested in social impact bonds, though historically Black colleges and universities are paying higher underwriting fees.

A group of GOP senators is working to put together a more traditional infrastructure bill that would range from $600 to $800 billion dollars.

His departure comes as lawmakers are working quickly to put together an infrastructure bill, with hopes of including key municipal bond provisions.

These so-called American Renewal Bonds would help finance a national infrastructure initiative until the economy sufficiently recovers from the pandemic.

Over the weekend, prominent senators criticized President Biden's infrastructure plan, with some more moderate senators' votes hanging in the balance.

The bill comes days before the Biden administration will reveal its infrastructure plan. Sources have said municipal bond provisions are likely to be included in an infrastructure package.

Buttigieg's support of PAB financing comes days before the Biden administration plans to unveil its infrastructure proposal.

The public notice filed on EMMA is the first report by any issuer in calendar 2021 of any type of IRS audit communication.

Republican opposition to tax increases supporting an infrastructure bill may hamper the advancement of hoped-for muni tax provisions.

Reinstating certain municipal bond provisions would make way for more infrastructure investment.

The shift was due mainly to the growth of separately managed accounts and other alternative ways that retail investors get involved in the market.

Issuance dropped 26.7% in January, tax-exempt issuance fell 32.6% while refundings and taxables saw smaller declines. Part of the drops were due to the typical nature of lighter January issuance but also issuer anticipation of potential federal aid to combat the pandemic.

This is the first time a coalition representing the buy-side, sell-side and others on the business side of public finance will lobby for specific municipal bond provisions on the Hill.

President Joe Biden's pick for transportation secretary took questions from a Senate panel on how the nation might pay for robust infrastructure.

The Treasury and IRS have only granted a few of the National Association of Bond Lawyers' requests for pandemic-related regulatory relief.