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Municipal investors are more focused on the final new-issues coming down the pike and repositioning books as 2024 heads to a close. ICI reported another week of inflows into municipal bond mutual funds.

Washington D.C. is lobbying Congress for an extra $47 million in expenses for the upcoming inauguration of President Trump while also raising concerns about the effects of debt ceiling squabbles on the city's credit rating.

California's high-speed train has become one of the nation's most politicized infrastructure projects.

Political change in Washington and the looming budget battle is raising anxiety in state legislatures.

The legislation sends unobligated dollars from the TIFIA program to the popular Surface Transportation Block Grant.

Experts are already predicting where the spending cuts will happen including the status of the tax exemption for municipal bonds.

Economic forecasts include the possibility of higher inflation and slower growth that could stall future cuts to the federal fund rates.

A job opening at the Office of State and Local Finance at the U.S. Treasury offers the chance for input from the muni community.

Technicals could "break down" if there is a potential decline in risk assets or rising unemployment, particularly in white-collar jobs, said Jeff Timlin, a managing partner at Sage Advisory.

Economists gaming out the possibilities for tax policy in the Trump administration believe the bond market will dictate budget cuts and spending increases.