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"The Nominating Committee's goal is to achieve broad representation of the municipal securities market on the MSRB Board of Directors," the committee's chair said.

Nearly a trillion dollars worth of state and local government assets are now being held in Local Government Investment Pools.

The new-issue calendar falls to an estimated $1.154 billion, with $939.1 million negotiated deals on tap and $214.8 million of competitives.

"What we plan to tell the SEC is that municipal securities in general shouldn't be subject to Reg. AB," BDA's Michael Decker said.

Meridiam, ACS Infrastructure Development, Sacyr Infrastructure USA LLC and Plenary Americas are among the firms that have signaled interest in the project.

The long-awaited jobs report paints a mixed picture for market participants: nonfarm payrolls increased by a greater-than-expected119,000 in September, but the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%.

Disruptions to air travel during the federal government shutdown has sharpened the focus on legislation that would divert funds from the Airport & Airway Trust Fund to pay salaries of air traffic controllers.

Fippinger teamed up with co-authors Peg Henry and Ernesto Lanza for "The Securities Law of Public Finance (Fourth Edition)."

The project was the Georgia's first revenue-risk P3 and lays the groundwork for future express lane P3s.

With the government reopened and data flowing, the FOMC may cut rates again in Dec. Steve Skancke, Chief Economic Advisor at Keel Point, will break down the mee