Coronavirus Impact
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The fragility of the economy amid protests and the continuing coronavirus threats have dealers unloading some risk.

June 2
7 Min Read

The Wisconsin Center District deal provides some expansion financing and near-term debt relief after the agency was stung by lost conventions and tax revenue.

June 2
7 Min Read

Wisconsin officials are still assessing the potential impact on its general fund revenues.

June 2
4 Min Read
"We've created this cliff effect" on who is eligible, said Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., adding that he shares concerns of others about how long it is taking the Fed to launch the Main Street program.

Members of both parties raised concerns that the requirements for participating in the Municipal Liquidity Facility and Main Street Lending Program are too restrictive to benefit smaller localities and certain midsize firms.

June 2
3 Min Read

The monthly drop collectively topped $60 billion.

June 2
3 Min Read

State and local governments have increasingly filed COVID-19-related disclosures to the market, but only about 931 issuers out of roughly 40,000 have filed over 1,500 material event notices and continuing disclosures since the pandemic began.

June 2
3 Min Read

Sales tax collections fell 13.2% compared to the same month last year, the steepest decline since January 2010

June 2
2 Min Read
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Robert Kelchen, a higher education finance professor at Seton Hall University, discusses near-term challenges facing U.S. colleges as they grapple with revenue hits from the COVID-19 pandemic. Andrew Coen hosts.

June 2
1 Min Read
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