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The candidates touched on muni-adjacent issues like energy policy, housing and tariffs but offered little new information on infrastructure proposals or tax policies.

The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing Tuesday examining the practices of proxy advisors and their relationship with ESG investing.

Issuance as of Wednesday is at $345.327 billion, a 32.7% increase over 2023. The Bond Buyer 30-day visible calendar on Monday was at $20.02 billion, the largest in nearly four years.

Robin Prunty, who retired Aug. 31 as S&P's chief analytical officer for governments, took on a role on its U.S. board the next day.

For more than 40 years, she has been a transformative leader, mentor and friend.

When Ohio's Community Memorial Hospital shuttered on Aug. 31, it became the latest small-town Midwest hospital to hit insurmountable financial troubles.

Municipals lagged the UST moves again, cheapening ratios and creating a valuable entry point for investors looking for compelling taxable equivalent yields, particularly 10-years and out.

Houston-based Texas Children's Hospital plans to sell about $222 million of tax-exempt, fixed-rate revenue bonds this week.

Full Moon Capital will focus on mid- and smaller-sized specialty credits that are looking to grow.

Fitch also upgraded the city's Georgia Municipal Association certificates of participation (city of Atlanta public safety projects) to AA-plus from AA.