Oklahoma

The lawsuit targets emails with the message "from our friends in DC" that relate to the treasurer's list of firms restricted from state business.

A constitutional amendment would allow municipalities to approve districts that could issue bonds to finance infrastructure for housing developments.

Litigation in Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah could determine bond issuance, culpability for defaults, or the constitutionality of underwriter bans.

Water agencies in Texas, Oklahoma, and Denver are selling a combined nearly $2 billion of triple-A-rated bonds this week.

After getting positive outlooks from three rating agencies since 2023, Oklahoma received its first upgrade.

Issuers in the eight-state region sold $50.6 billion of bonds with Texas accounting for 65% of the volume.

The states and others are pushing back against studies showing adverse financial effects from laws that punish banks for their fossil fuel and firearm policies.

Concerns have been raised about audits related to nearly $2.9 billion of ratepayer-backed bonds sold for Oklahoma utilities in 2022.

Challenges to laws banning investment banks from underwriting municipal bonds and the targeting of other financial firms for divestment purposes may result from a recent Oklahoma ruling.

The state attorney general's office said it will appeal the ruling prohibiting enforcement of 2022's Energy Discrimination Elimination Act.