Connor Hussey is a reporter for the Bond Buyer. Before settling on municipal securities, he covered many facets of the finance industry, including private equity for Private Equity International and Private
Funds CFO, as well as tax for the International Tax Review and financial law for the International Financial Law Review. He has a B.A. in Economics and English Literature from the University of Maine.
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Calls the save the tax exemption are sounding as rising U.S. debt to GDP ratios and increased interest rates could point to austerity measures in the near future.
August 18 -
A letter signed by GFOA, NLC and NACo, expressed concerns over the IRS and Treasury's tax credit election, particularly, complexities around pre-filing and compliance.
August 16 -
The disaster in Hawaii highlights the increasing importance of Congress to act on the dwindling budget of FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund.
August 15 -
Doty, 81, touched nearly every facet of the public finance industry over his almost fifty-year career.
August 15 -
A $40 billion White House supplemental funding request includes $12 billion for FEMA's disaster relief fund, but critics say it may be safer to consider the measure alone.
August 11 -
The board has added Alexander Chilton, Michael Craft, Pamela Frederick, Wendell Gaertner, and Christopher Kendall, as well as the returning Ernesto Lanza as chief regulatory and policy officer.
August 3 -
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said FEMA's main disaster relief fund needs to be replenished and has been in talks with the Biden Administration over plans for a supplemental spending bill.
August 2 -
Brandon Comer and his firm Comer Capital Group are in talks to settle the Securities and Exchange Commission charges against them ahead of a pretrial conference Nov. 17.
August 1 -
During its quarterly board meeting, the MSRB approved its controversial one-minute trade reporting window and approved a $47 million budget for FY 2024.
July 28 -
The action does not have immediate implications for municipal issuers but could give the muni market a sense of how the SEC is beginning to think about cybersecurity risks.
July 27