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Transit advocates are pushing back on the Trump administration exploring the elimination of the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund.

Bank of America provided a letter of credit for Harvard after the Trump administration put it on a list usually reserved for vocational and beauty schools. 

Maryland's financial challenges are resurfacing via a report from the Department of Legislative Services projecting a $1.4 billion budget deficit in fiscal year 2027.

For munis, the end of the shutdown helps steady the backdrop, said James Pruskowski, an investor and market strategist.

Rural providers face $137 billion in federal Medicaid cuts from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The end of the government shutdown includes clearing three of twelve appropriations hurdles while questions linger about the future of the highway reauthorization bill.

The decline in muni enforcement actions is part of a broader trend at the SEC.

Arrington announced he will not seek reelection in 2026 after helping shepherd President Trump's first major tax bill through Congress, marking the first GOP House chairman to check out in 2026.

A planned vote on health insurance subsidies will be key to how Congress handles the next funding cliff at the end of January, market participants said.

Some of the most active sectors have been education (+29%), GOs (+17%) and healthcare (+17%), said Kim Olsan, senior fixed income portfolio manager at NewSquare Capital.

As the Senate moves towards a possible deal to end the longest federal government shutdown in history, the "Big 7" of state and local lobbying groups along with the GFOA are making an urgent appeal.

Public transit emerged as an $11 billion winner in the 2025 elections as voters in five states approved measures to pour money into the sector.

An uncertain financial future partially due to federal government downsizing is compounding with nearly $6 billion of unfunded capital needs that will require Washington D.C. to lean on asset management and its strong credit rating to overcome the challenges.

The ruling comes as the municipal bond market closely watches the administration's effort to control federal infrastructure spending.

House Republicans hope to mark up the next surface transportation bill early next year.

Municipal water agencies are appealing to the Environmental Protection Agency about a slowdown in the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan program which along with bond sales, funds improvements to water and sewer infrastructure.

Federal immigration and trade policies are a likely factor in the triple-A-rated state's weak job growth and pose risks for its southern border cities' budgets.

States have spent weeks preparing for how they would cover the $8 billion shortfall in food stamps for the month of November.

As more states move towards resetting their Congressional districts questions arise over how redistricting will affect the balance of power and eventually tax policy.

The Virginia Governor's race could put Democrats in charge of all three branches in the Old Dominion, as Abigail Spanberger goes up against Winsome Earle-Sears who has floated tapping the state's rainy-day fund to prop up Medicaid.