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With the need for Congressional action lessened, governors and state legislatures can focus on fine tuning their own laws, officials said.

The SEC contends it played fairly in prosecuting its case against Wells Fargo Securities and Peter Cannava, denying the defense's allegations of dishonest "legal gamesmanship."

The legislature faces a June 30 deadline for making labor law changes or the Oversight Board will impose a previously certified plan that includes reductions in employee benefits.

Municipal advisors were hoping for something more robust than the comments the MSRB incorporated into its latest "compliance resource."

Thursday's 5-4 ruling involves a 2016 law enacted by South Dakota requiring out-of-state e-commerce retailers to collect sales tax if they have more than 200 transactions annually or $100,000 in sales within the state.

The Kinney County Public Facility Corp. issued $9.23 million in project revenue bonds to finance the the warehouse style building with 384 beds for adults.

The federal government's job board stops taking applications next week.

Despite “significant uncertainty” in monetary policymaking, the Federal Open Market Committee continues to back gradual increases in the federal funds rate, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday.

The number of muni market dealers has fallen off even as trading activity remained stable, an MSRB report finds.

Illinois and Pennsylvania are the only two with a negative rating outlook, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.