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With the effects of the pandemic fading, Texas tax collections showed strength across all sectors, Comptroller Glenn Hegar said.

Puerto Rico's government would pay attorneys to represent the interests of bondholders who own less than $1 million of Puerto Rico bonds.

High-yield municipal bond returns are more than 6% so far in the year as Nuveen expands its reach in the sector with a new "interval" high-yield fund.

Participants consider whether Illinois' recent upgrade is a one-off due to the flood of federal aid or a turning of the tide toward better fiscal decision-making that could help it climb further up the rating scale.

Gov. Jim Justice said strong revenue collections during fiscal 2021, amid the pandemic, left the state with with a $413 million surplus.

Joseph Krist, publisher of Muni Credit News, explores state budgets, federal aid, climate change and cybersecurity. Paul Burton hosts. (34 minutes)

The Oversight Board filed a suit against a new law that contradicts certain provisions in the plan of adjustment. Gov. Pierluisi says the litigation is not necessary.

Fitch affirmed $14.3 billion of annual appropriation-backed debt at AA-plus in addition to the $1.1 billion of AAA-rated general obligation bonds.

With better-than-expected payrolls, economists still caution full recovery is a ways away. Muni participants are closely following how the Fed's action — or inaction — will affect the municipal market going forward.

Voters in Texas' most populous county approved the flood control bonds after the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, but matching funds have been slow to arrive.