The MSRB received approval from the SEC of new MSRB Rule G-42, on duties of non-solicitor municipal advisors, and related amendments to MSRB Rule G-8, on books and records to be made by brokers, dealers, municipal securities dealers, and municipal advisors.

Nebraska plans to accelerate work on an unfinished expressway system and fund a replacement program for deteriorating bridges with a $150 million transportation infrastructure bank proposed by Gov. Pete Ricketts.

Fitch Ratings expects most U.S. Public Finance ratings to maintain Stable Rating Outlooks in 2016. In addition, Fitch anticipates that most rating actions in 2016 will be affirmations.

Moody's has launched a new research publication, the Issuer Comment Report. The report provides an assessment of the most recent credit information for most US local government issuers with outstanding Moody's GO and related ratings.

This report summarizes the examinations conducted by staff from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as part of the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006.

Long Beach, California is pioneering a public-private financing method rarely used in the United States outside transportation in a $533 million project to build a new city hall, port headquarters, library and park.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board on Tuesday released a regulatory notice detailing new core conduct requirements for municipal advisors

The U.S. Department of Transportation gave Florida's private passenger train builders another year to issue $1.75 billion of private activity bonds to partially finance the $3.5 billion project.

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The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's (MSRB) 2015 Annual Report highlights the organization's progress on investor protection initiatives to enhance market structure, its ongoing efforts to improve issuer disclosure practices and the implementation of new regulatory standards for municipal advisors.

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