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The American Securities Association in a brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit said an SEC order should be set aside because the MSRB is unconstitutionally structured.

One California city has found that corralling a joint powers authority isn't easy.

The House moves the ball forward in the budget battle with an approved plan as public finance leaders lay out the strategy for saving the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds which provides a tempting target for lawmakers searching for ways to pay for promised tax cuts.

Seconds – even just one of them – count, FINRA's fining of MarketAxess shows

The Senate hearing comes as lawmakers start to shape the next surface transportation bill.

The House now needs to negotiate a final budget resolution with the Senate, whose leaders have said they want to make the TCJA permanent.

Bond lawyers want to make sure their voices are heard as Congress moves toward critical votes on tax policy.

The unpredictable nature of legislating leads most to holding off on disclosure changes until a bill becomes a law.

Native American Tribes are working their way through Congressional committees looking for support on legislation that would allow the tribes to issue municipal bonds using the same rules as state governments.

The Senate move provides an alternative pathway towards a final budget agreement as the House wrestles with an approach that could include key tax policy changes for the muni market.