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Columbus is offering $423 million to municipal bond investors in a mix of new money, refunding, tax-exempt and taxable debt.

The new-issue calendar tops $9 billion led by $3 billion taxable and tax-exempts from University of California Regents, a $1 billion plus healthcare deal from Michigan and $1.35 billion of GOs from Washington State.

The legislation proposed by Gov. Charlie Baker includes more than $1.3 billion in capital bond authorizations.

Credits affected include $766 million of outstanding ad valorem tax bonds, rated AA-minus and $79 million of outstanding utilities revenue and refunding bonds, rated A.

Nebraska is a pay-as-you-go state, which some say has stalled completion of its 600-mile expressway system.

Properly designed public banks would be safer than private banks while promoting economic growth.

Utah’s top elected officials demanded that S&P Global Ratings cease applying ESG factors to the state through the use of what they called a politicized rating system based on indeterminate factors.

Fitch and S&P have now joined Moody’s in downgrading the Renton, Washington-based healthcare system’s $6 billion of bonds.

The St. Louis County Council approved $105 million of borrowing for the project, split between the city and county, but questions remain about the price tag.

The majority on the court said upholding the benefits could have opened the door to a broad range of other federal benefits to Puerto Rico residents.