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Most states have already enacted their budgets for the fiscal year as the effects of Medicaid restrictions and tax policy changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill are being analyzed and raising concern.

The policy shift may crowd out some projects, warned Baruch Feigenbaum, senior managing director of transportation policy at Reason Foundation.

Housing advocates are celebrating the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill for the boost in Low Income Housing Tax Credits which is projected to boost the use of private activity bonds.

Market participants launched the largest lobbying effort in recent memory to protect municipal bonds and got what they wanted as the tax-exemption survived.

As the Senate-approved version of the reconciliation bill bounces back to the House, the SALT caucus that was key to its passage takes a look at SALT provision changes.

The megabill now heads to the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson said a vote could come as soon as Wednesday.

Questions over what to disclose in the bond document's risk section has concerned issuers for years, through issues like the pandemic to climate change, and now potential federal funding cuts.

The Senate advanced the One Big Beautiful Bill Act through a procedural vote, opening the legislation for debate followed by Monday's vote-a-rama.

Working out the differences between the Senate and House budget bills might result in lawmakers reaching for ways to pay for extending tax cuts and finance new programs which could put tax-exempt munis back on the negotiating table.

A change in leadership at the Government Finance Officers Association comes on the heels of an all-time record membership level.

The proposal is an effort to placate Republicans worried about the reconciliation bill's deep cuts to Medicaid.

Attorneys and muni advocates are concerned as the Senate reviews the budget reconciliation process against the "Byrd Rule."

"The market itself should want to look at this because no one wants to give the perception of impropriety," said an investor of Stefanik's allegation that Harvard withheld material information regarding its ongoing conflict with the Trump administration.

A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction against the U.S. Department of Transportation's attempt to withhold federal funds from states judged to be in noncompliance with the Trump administration's immigration policies.

The Internal Revenue Service and the University of Rhode Island appear to have settled an inquiry by the agency regarding the tax status of higher education facility revenue bonds issued in 2018.

Washington and Oregon are still nailing down the final cost and toll rates for the long-planned replacement for the aging spans carrying I-5 across the river.

Housing advocates are cheering the Senate's embrace of expanding Low Income Housing Tax Credits which ensures a volume increase and reduces a key bond threshold test.

The Senate needs 51 votes to pass the bill, which has already sparked opposition from moderate and conservative Republicans.

As the Senate Finance Committee works on the the reconciliation puzzle, attorneys, accountants, and doctors are lobbying for keeping the pass-through exemptions that provide a workaround to the cap on state and local taxes in place.

The tribal movement toward energy independence through renewable-powered microgrid projects has been slowed, if not stalled, by shifting political winds.