A broad ruling by the Colorado Court of Appeals in a case of a developer's egregious fraud has sent lawyers to the state's General Assembly for legislation to protect existing special districts that issue tax-exempt bonds.

A string of recent acquisitions in the municipal pricing and indexes space could bring "colossal change" to the market, participants said.

In 2012, two entrepreneurs came up with a novel way to open up public finance to small investors: create an online marketplace allowing people to invest smaller-than-usual amounts of money in municipal bonds backing specific civic projects.

Gov. Ricketts signed into law a $450 million plan to fuel completion of Nebraska's expressway system. The measure establishes a infrastructure bank that supporters say will help fulfill a promise from 1988.

The MSRB announced that it is accepting additional applications for its Board of Directors from banks and broker-dealers with specific municipal market expertise.

A Senate bill sponsored by a bipartisan pair of lawmakers would provide the first non-emergency federal grants to help local governments repair or replace potentially dangerous dams before their structures fail.

Municipal securities disclosure has improved in the two years since the announcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation initiative, but there are still questions and concerns as it continues to evolve.

Maryland is seeking more than $150 million of federal grants to expand a subsea rail tunnel beneath Baltimore Harbor to accommodate trains hauling double-decked shipping containers and build new surface infrastructure to handle the freight.

About of 50 of the 650 registered municipal advisors were examined by the Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations in fiscal 2015, the office director told House subcommittee members.

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This guide from the U.S. EPA provides guidance and technical assistance to localities and brownfields practitioners on leveraging resources for brownfields revitalization. This guide explores how communities can prepare to successfully leverage funding and other resources for brownfields revitalization.

The Urban Land Institute provides a series of case studies that illustrate how communities have used P3s and other financing mechanisms to improve the appearance and functionality of their infrastructure.

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