Colorado

Gov. Jared Polis, who has been pushing for his state to become a center of the blockchain economy, signed a bill requiring a study of security tokens.

The finance director of Aurora, Colorado, takes over as the association's president amid an uncertain post-pandemic landscape.

Elected officials in Republican-dominated states say S&P Global Ratings, by introducing ESG analysis, is politicizing the ratings process or even possibly acting illegally.

Having completed its first flood management P3, the Army Corps is embarking on a pair of P3 financings to restore urban ecosystems.

Denver will head to the municipal market next week with its biggest new money general obligation bond sale ever at $366.4 million.

The combined Utah-based Intermountain and Colorado-based SCL will operate 33 hospitals and 385 clinics in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and Kansas.

The firm's special district group is up to 30 public finance professionals with the addition of seven members since January.

Municipal bond issuers in the Southwest sold $90.8 billion of debt in 2021, down 3.2% from 2020 as lost refunding volume outpaced a gain in new-money sales.

The broker-dealer has added several people to a team that specializes in land-based municipal bond transactions.

The Marshall Fire burned 6,000 acres in 24 hours and destroyed more than 1,000 homes in suburban Boulder County between Denver and Boulder.

Emerging from the worst crisis since the 9/11 attacks, U.S. airports are continuing their record pace of construction.

Seven of Colorado-based Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association's member utilities are considering an exit.

Recovering from a failed public private partnership, Denver International Airport has finished the first phase of its "Great Hall" project ahead of schedule.

Developers of a $240 million hotel at the U.S. Air Force Academy Visitors Center in Colorado Springs are appealing to investors with an appetite for risk.

Municipal bond volume in the Southwest region increased in the first half of 2021 as its seven other states more than made up for a decline in Texas.

Colorado lawmakers are creating government enterprises and using fees instead of taxes to fund transportation.

The Investment Company Institute reported another week of inflows, but at a lower clip than recent weeks with $541 million coming into municipal bond mutual funds.

Colorado lawmakers are working on a $5 billion funding proposal for transportation; this week's $500 million debt issue targets immediate needs.

After facing outside economic data pressures and rising U.S. Treasuries, municipals ended the week on solid footing ahead of a larger calendar with newly upgraded Connecticut leading with $1 billion of exempt and taxable GOs.

With help from a flood of federal funding, Colorado lawmakers were able to restore funds lost in the pandemic.