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The spiderweb of funding sources for natural disaster recovery makes it hard to track the actual costs to state and local government of fighting wildfires.

Hospital fiscal wounds have mounted this year and the balance sheet damage is expected to extend into 2023 as labor pressures show little sign of easing.

The industry's biggest lobbying group also said it sees continued threats from regulation.

The mediation team asked the Oversight Board to submit delayed data and analyses by end of business on Friday.

Munis saw the best performance in November in decades, with the asset class ending in the positive by 4.68%. The MSRB reported that trading volume reached another record in November, with 1.29 million municipal trades.

Atlanta's first foray into ESG bonds was a resounding success, according to local officials who said investors welcomed the city's inaugural social bonds.

Incoming House Democratic caucus chair Pete Aguilar was a California mayor and served on the League of California Cities, bringing the kind of local experience that's considered helpful to muni market interests.

"I think it's undemocratic of major asset managers to use their power to influence societal outcomes," said Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's 2020 amendments to rule 15c2-11 on the publication of quotes by broker dealers won't be enforced until 2025.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago appointed Austan Goolsbee, an economist and former adviser to President Barack Obama, as its new president to replace Charles Evans, who retires in January.