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Washingtons historic Arlington Memorial Bridge over the Potomac will be closed in 2021 without $250 million of repairs.
March 4 - Washington
The first bill Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed this session may be a big step for the state toward complying with a court order that has been hanging over its finances for years.
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Federal officials expect to have construction agreement with private partner for a new FBI headquarters by end of 2016.
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Reps. Randy Hultgren, R-Ill., and Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., have launched a Municipal Finance Caucus made up of House members from both political parties who will fight to protect the tax-exempt status of municipal debt and ensure there is a robust market for municipal securities.
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Understanding your culture is a priority for the Financial Institution Regulatory Authority. While some doubt FINRA can do this, there are steps your firm can take to demonstrate adherence to rules and regulations that have an impact on the objective "indicators" of FINRA's cultural assessment.
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Lisa Washburn, the new chair of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts, wants NFMA this year to become more proactive in collaborative industry efforts to improve municipal bond disclosure and address changes in the municipal market.
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The Internal Revenue Service is preliminarily challenging the tax-exempt status of bonds issued in December 2010 by the Three Rivers Solid Waste Authority in South Carolina to provide permanent financing for a system to treat and deliver methane gas from a landfill site to Kimberly-Clark Corp.
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Legislators are coalescing around a federal oversight authority for Puerto Rico that could take concerns over the commonwealths debt, pension, and economic crises and forge unique solutions using congressionally approved oversight and restructuring capabilities.
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Republican lawmakers contend that President Obama is breaking last year's budget agreement with his fiscal 2017 DOT proposal.
February 25 - Wyoming
Far West issuers sold $83.6 billion of municipal bonds in 2015, a 26.5% increase over the prior year, as refundings continued to drive volume.
February 25