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The top 10 bond counsels saw some shuffling and welcomed two new entrants, Locke Lord and Ballard Spahr.

School districts, which have been a main driver of debt issuance in Texas, account for 58% of the $17.4 billion of bond requests in Saturday's election.

Bonds from the authorization will likely be broken over three separate sales.

Climate change presents a higher risk for muni bonds, compared to other investments, because the debt often has longer maturities and therefore, higher vulnerability to the long-term effects of climate change, said S&P' Sustainable1's global head of research and methodology.

Preliminary issuance figures for April are at $39.39 billion, up 18% from April 2023.

The Virginia Resources Authority and the Virginia Housing Development Authority have deals on tap while gilt-edged Delaware is selling its GO debt.

Tribal advocates hope that Congress will take up expanded tribal access to the tax-exempt market next year as the U.S. tax code takes center stage.

"The Fed is certainly not going to be overly concerned about the growth backdrop" at this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting, said BMO Chief Economist Douglas Porter.

As anti-Israel protests grow at universities across the United States amid a rising tide of anti-Semitic incidents, state and local governments are buying Israel bonds in a show of financial and moral support.

The mayor's executive budget will now be vetted by the City Council; its leaders say Adams' new spending plan shortchanges library and mental health programs.