Muni Think

With nearly two years of volatility, The Bond Buyer wants to know your expectations for the year to come, from interest rates and bond volume to ESG and technology.

Treasury Department guidance allows funding for broadband enhancements, like boosting internet connectivity in public libraries or parks, improving internet coverage for students, and implementing public safety improvements.

This fiscal 2024 report provides a closer look at the stewardship of our reserve funds and how we plan to allocate technology resources in the year ahead to deliver value to our stakeholders.

The 10 regional and categorical winners, all of whom will be finalists for the national Deal of the Year award, will be announced the week of November 13.

Public finance and public trust must go hand-in-hand and that is where ESG and impact investing can play a role moving forward — it's the data, not the label.

A federal initiative, focusing on states, and eventually, larger municipalities and authorities, that places a premium on enhancing transparency, is fundamental to improving the fiscal health of state and local governments.

Our friend and colleague Yvette Shields will be among those posthumously inducted into The Bond Buyer Hall of Fame. Here are some thoughts about how and why we came to this decision.

Florida's Division of Bond Finance clarifies the new statewide ban on ESG bonds.

In addition to her professionalism there was a more important aspect that defined Yvette. She was simply a nice person. Always upbeat, helpful and kind.

The FOMB needs to return to its "deal mindset" so that we can end the bankruptcy at PREPA. While gaps remain between the FOMB's and bondholders' affordability analyses, they are not insurmountable.