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Halting tax-exempt advance refundings at the end of the year, as proposed by both pending tax bills, would increase issuers’ costs, deprive them of savings for new projects, and push some to enter into swaps that could increase their risk.

Republicans can only afford to lose two votes when the tax overhaul bill comes to the Senate floor.

The land swap is one of the obstacles that must be cleared to build Wayne County a new jail at a new site.

The SEC went into its expanding toolbox to bring fraud charges against Oyster Bay, N.Y., and its former top elected official for hiding the existence and potential impact of side deals with a businessman.

The California Debt Limit Allocation Committee wants to allocate $900 million in remaining private activity bond capacity.

The impact of tax reform is on the minds of all participants in the municipal bond market. The Bond Buyer’s Washington Bureau Chief Lynn Hume joins Contributing Editor John Hallacy in breaking down what the House and Senate plans will mean for state and local governments as well as the effect it will have on underwriters and dealers, bond counsel and financial advisors. Hosted by Chip Barnett.

Puerto Rico’s government announced it would pay its annual Christmas bonus to workers this year.

SEC takes stock of fiscal 2017 in enforcement and finds 4% of its cases were public finance-related.

Kansas City, Missouri was banking on private activity bonds for a "significant" role in the airport financing.

Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen will resign as a member of the Fed’s Board of Governors when Jerome Powell is sworn in as chair, the Fed announced Monday.