Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen last week signed into law a package of bills that includes caps on spending authority for local cities and counties. Their signing follows a concerted push by Pillen to pass property tax reform by calling a special session of the legislature on July 25.  The governor’s plan originally was to secure

Municipals were mostly steady Wednesday as the largest deals of the week priced and the Investment Company Institute reported more than $1 billion of inflows into municipal bond mutual funds. U.S. Treasuries were little changed throughout most of the curve and equities ended down near the close. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Wednesday was at 63%,

ICE and MarketAxess will connect their respective liquidity networks to bring greater efficiency, better execution and access to deeper liquidity to the benefit of retail, institutional and middle market investors, the firms said. In a new partnership, ICE Bonds’ automated trading system, ICE TMC, and MarketAxess’ Open Trading network will be able to communicate with

Supporters of a national infrastructure bank — and a bill by Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., that would establish one — pitched the idea to dozens of delegates and other politicos last week at the Democratic National Convention, to build on what they say is growing momentum for the issue. Members of the National Infrastructure Bank