- Washington
The District of Columbia Council this week approved its $13.4 billion fiscal 2017 budget this week, despite Republican House members calling any such move unconstitutional.
June 1 -
Muni market groups are resoundingly saying "no" to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's question of whether it should require municipal advisors to disclose information about their issuer clients' bank loans or privately placed municipal securities.
May 31 -
Bill proposed by Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., would authorize five P3s to finance and build VA medical facilities and cemeteries.
May 31 -
President Obama is threatening to veto legislation approved by the House that would effectively block the District of Columbia from achieving budget autonomy and home rule.
May 26 -
Oregon panel says state needs an additional $964 million per year to maintain and protect its existing transportation infrastructure.
May 25 -
House Appropriations Committee adopted a proposal to increase highway and transit funding by $1.25 billion in 2017.
May 24 -
State and national transportation groups oppose Senate plan to reclaim more than $2 billion of unobligated highway funds.
May 23 -
Four port authorities and a wholesale electricity provider are warning that rules proposed by the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service earlier this year could hurt their standing as political subdivisions and their ability to issue bonds as well as complicate their governing structures.
May 20 -
U.S. transit operators say reliable, dedicated funding is needed to resolve growing maintenance problems.
May 19 -
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has filed a complaint against Phoenix-based Lawson Financial Corp. and the firm's president and chief executive officer, charging them with securities fraud in connection with the sale of millions of dollars of municipal revenue bonds to customers.
May 19