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Treasurer Shawn Wooden, the country's only Black elected state treasurer, spoke about diversity and inclusion to the Northeast Women in Public Finance.

On Friday, municipals finished little changed, with yields remaining steady along most of the AAA GO scales.

Proposition 15 would detach commercial real estate from California's cap on property assessment increases.

The U.S. current account deficit widened to $170.5 billion in the second quarter from a revised $111.5 billion gap in the previous quarter, data released Friday by the Commerce Department showed.

The deal struck by Gov. Phil Murphy to increase marginal rates on income over $1 million is not expected to make a material difference to the state deficit.

Voters will consider bond issues in three states and a number of tax measures, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Family emotions, union pushback, fears of a new COVID-19 wave, cost drivers and data fluctuations are all at play as the city flip-flops on in-person education.

The settlement in which Roosevelt & Cross, Inc. agreed to pay $1 million is part of a now more than two-year crackdown on "flipping" arrangements.

Fitch questions Buffalo, N.Y's revenue estimates and says the pandemic forced the city to use much of its reserves.

Details of the pending investigation are sketchy but the legislation improved the value of a then-bankrupt FirstEnergy subsidiary's municipal bonds.