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Founded in 2006, the women-owned firm ranks among the nation's top municipal advisors.

The hires come a month after Barnes announced it had hired nearly all of Ballard Spahr's top-ranked public finance team.

U.S. public finance entities could see heightened "cyber reprisals" by Iran and its proxies amid the continuing conflict in the Middle East, with these attacks from state-sponsored actors, hacktivist groups, and lone wolves likely to become more frequent, Fitch Ratings warns.

Gov. Mike DeWine pointed to fiscal successes including a balanced budget, lowered taxes and a larger rainy-day fund.

At least two local agencies missed debt service payments after the Cook County, Illinois, treasurer's office was unable to issue property tax bills on time.

This week, "look for deals to get priced to attract demand," said Pat Luby, head of municipal strategy at CreditSights, and Wilson Lees, an analyst at the firm.

The rules could lengthen the procurement timeline for some projects.

The 10th annual event, which was originally scheduled for Oct. 1, will take place next week with the participation of some key city officials.

The Government Finance Officers Association is providing comments on the U.S. Treasury Department's proposal to establish a new record keeping system for certain financial assistance programs.

Such a bank would be a "revolving financing tool that allows us to stretch dollars further, leverage federal programs without surrendering control, and deliver more projects without raising taxes," Gov. Jeff Landry said.