Utah

Cities and states in the Southwest are making affordable housing a funding priority through voter-approved general obligation bonds or in their budgets.

The decision by the District of Columbia-based U.S. Appeals Court will officially vacate the Surface Transportation Board's environmental approval for the project.

The project was to have been the first small modular reactor technology in the U.S.

States nationwide saw slower general fund revenue growth in fiscal 2023 after gains the previous two fiscal years fueled by high inflation and federal stimulus.

The Uinta Basin Railway, which aims to transport crude oil, is eying up to $2 billion in private-activity bond authorization.

The rating agency's release ESG credit indicators for states and territories last year was blasted by GOP officials for being politicized, vague, and confusing.

The state-created agency has a plan to finally tap hitherto unused proceeds from a 2021 bond issue.

The airport's bond ratings were raised a notch to A-plus by S&P and to AA by KBRA.

With the third quarter officially under way, municipal bond experts say the tax-exempt market is poised for better performance and stronger market technicals ahead in the second half.

Easing drought conditions are not stopping states from restricting water use and investing in future supplies.

Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott plans a special session on school choice as more states pass vouchers and Arizona's universal program sees costs explode.

The up to $600 million of airport revenue bonds, which are slated to price in July, will continue funding for the reconstruction of the terminal and concourses.

Gov. Laura Kelly allowed the bill's enactment without her signature, citing its "potential unforeseen consequences."

The Southern California Public Power Authority plans to price $700 million in revenue bonds for improvements to a 488-mile power transmission system.

The measure, which passed with slim vote margins in the Republican-controlled legislature, could drive banks out of the state's market, according to the governor.

The House and Senate differ in their approaches to lowering property taxes by billions of dollars as the state anticipates a record budget surplus.

Big national banks would be banned from state and local government contracts in Oklahoma if their policies "discriminate" against the firearm industry.

The Uinta Basin railway is asking the DOT to authorize up to $2 billion of PABs for the project, which would move oil to market from northeast Utah.

The measure prohibits government contracts with companies deemed to be "boycotting" the fossil fuel, firearm, timber, mining, and agriculture industries.

Legislation barring government contracts with companies that engage in a growing list of "boycotts" in their business dealings has popped up in several states.