Missouri

George Joseph McLiney, Jr. founded municipal bond underwriting firm McLiney and Company. He was devoted to his family and small issuer clients.

The developer of a moribund mall in Cape Girardeau is the latest to receive bond-financed support from a local government for some of the costs of its project.

"The sheer magnitude" of this redevelopment project presented a challenge, but it stands a chance of succeeding where previous efforts have fallen short, Clay County Commissioner Scott Wagner said.

The $105 million of power project revenue refunding bonds deal for Plum Point Energy Station in Arkansas comes amid tighter emission regulations.

Piper Sandler has hired Joe Kinder and Brent Blevins as managing directors on its public finance team. Both will focus on Missouri school districts and issuers.

Missouri's Kansas City Public Schools is looking to take its modernization plan to voters and seek approval for a $474 million GO bond measure next April.

Missouri Secretary of State John Ashcroft's office said the ruling was "not just legally deficient but also morally wrong."

The St. Louis-based senior-living facilities operator has almost $80 million in bonds outstanding.

Missouri this month kicked off construction on a major expansion of Interstate 70, financed with a mix of bonds, general revenue funds and some federal funding.

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, a Republican, recently vetoed anti-ESG legislation similar to Missouri's, saying that it overstepped legal authority.