Bloomberg News Hilltop Securities and some other firms that settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of its off-channel communications enforcement sweep have sent the regulator a message of their own: unequal treatment isn’t fair.  That was the central theme of briefs in support of 10 separate Jan. 30 motions filed with the

“I look forward to finishing our review and while there are areas where we agree and others where we may disagree, we will go to work to deliver for Virginians, as we have done the past three years,” said Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin via a statement. Bloomberg News Virginia lawmakers are bucking the governor’s budget proposals by

Electrical transmission lines near the Eaton Fire in Altadena. The Eaton Fire has become the fifth-deadliest in state history, killing at least 17 people, burning 14,021 acres and destroying 9,418 structures.Bloomberg News Southern California Edison reported to state regulators Thursday that its equipment may have played a role in sparking the Hurst Fire that burned

North Carolina Treasurer Brad Briner said addressing the state health plan’s looming defict is one of his highest priorities. The North Carolina State Health Plan Board of Trustees took a step toward a salary-based employee health insurance premium contribution system, as a way to avoid a looming $1.3 billion deficit in the government’s health plan

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21524058/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were weaker out long, while U.S. Treasury yields rose and equities ended down after a mixed jobs report. Ahead of Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report, UST yields fell another eight basis points this week, making it a 33-basis-point rally from Jan. 14, said Barclays strategist Mikhail Foux. Munis had

“In Texas, resilient growth is expected to continue in 2025 at about the same pace as 2024,” Dallas Federal Reserve Vice President Labor Economist Pia Orrenius said, adding risks to the outlook include, tariffs, sharply lower immigration, and a rollback in federal government spending. Dallas Federal Reserve Job growth will continue to trend lower in

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in 2017 led the charge to save tax-exempt private activity bonds that had been axed in an early House draft of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Al Drago/Bloomberg House and Senate tax staff and members seemed receptive to the Bond Dealers of America’s plea to preserve the municipal bond tax

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21507641/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> The muni mark took a breather Thursday, as yields were little changed, while inflows into muni mutual funds exceeded $1 billion. U.S. Treasuries were slightly weaker and equities were mixed toward the close. President Trump’s tariff threats against America’s primary trading partners could be bullish for bonds, somewhat mitigated