Washington

After Congress almost did away with them in the recently enacted tax legislation, tax-exempt private activity bond volume caps for states will see an increase for 2018.

Barbara Thompson stepped down at the end of 2017 after 16 years as executive director.

A tale of two bond-financed fertilizer projects in the Midwest -- how one is thriving with the IRS' blessing on the bonds and the other is at a virtual standstill and in a dispute with the tax regulator.

The SEC's first muni enforcement case of the year shows its willingness to use the Dodd Frank Act to punish some breaches of fiduciary duty that hadn't yet been spelled out by the MSRB.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is looking for five people knowledgeable about the muni market to sit on its board starting Oct. 1.

The decision impacts $1.26 billion of economic development revenue and refunding bonds issued by the company, which said it is considering its response to the IRS.

An Atlanta-based municipal advisor defrauded a Mississippi city and breached its fiduciary duty, the SEC said.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $1.518 billion in December to a total of $262.102 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Friday.

Jerome Powell was a reluctant supporter of a third round of emergency bond purchases in 2012 as the U.S. struggled to recover from the global financial crisis.

They introduced a bill to allow taxpayers to donate to the state to avoid the federal deduction cap.