Connecticut

The city of 55,000 is the first to be slapped with the most severe Tier IV designation of the state's Municipal Accountability Review Board oversight program.

“The racial wealth gap is wide and growing and we need innovative policies like Baby Bonds to begin addressing it right away," says Shira Markoff of Prosperity Now.

Moody's deemed the temporary gas tax holidays implemented in several states credit negative.

The Connecticut treasurer also extolled "baby bonds" as a way to improve “racial equity,” narrow the state's gap between rich and poor, and promote economic growth.

Moody's Investors Service said the upgrade reflected the university's robust, sustainable operating margins supported by consistent growth in tuition revenue.

Building on the success of its Green Liberty Bonds, a subsidiary of the Connecticut Green Bank will allow mom and pop investors to place orders for as little as $100 for Green Liberty Notes until Friday.

Triple-A yield curves were unchanged on the day and mostly have not budged but a basis point in spots since the end of November.

Gov. Ned Lamont appointed the Bloomfield woman, a former general counsel in that office.

The agreement will move along the Penn Station Access commuter rail undertaking and East River tunnel fix-ups.

There are $8.127 billion of negotiated deals on tap and a mere $367.4 million of competitive loans slated, none over $100 million. Thirty-day visible supply totals $9.9 billion and net negative supply is at $8.4 billion.