Washington

A change in status would have both upsides and downsides for the island territory.

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari isn’t attending the central bank’s two-day policy meeting after the birth of his second child this week.

Lynne Funk and Gary Siegel discuss how the election results will affect the municipal market, how the Fed moves forward and some winners and losers with bond ballot measure results and muni advocates who held onto their seats in Congress. (21 minutes).

Biden’s Electoral College count rose to 264, one state away from achieving the 270, according to the Associated Press, which called the former vice president the winner Wednesday in closely fought races in Wisconsin and Michigan.

A victory by Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine has dimmed, but did not extinguish, the possibility for Democratic control of the U.S. Senate.

A nonbinding referendum on U.S. statehood was leading with more than 52% support, with more than 95% of votes counted, the Associated Press reported.

Their wins brighten the future of municipal bond-friendly initiatives in Congress.

The public finance industry would gain from the reinstatement of tax-exempt advance refunding and other muni-friendly measures under a Democratic sweep of the White House and both chambers of Congress.

A federal judge largely rejected the arguments offered by Wall Street banks seeking to dismiss the lawsuit, which alleges a conspiracy to fix rates in the VRDO market.

Public finance made up just 3% of total standalone enforcement cases.