Southeast

The Louisiana House passed a bill to limit firms that "discriminate" against the firearms industry from government business. A similar bill was vetoed last year.

The special district formed for the Walt Disney Company in Florida is to be dissolved under a new state law driven by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The state's Local Government Commission approved more than $1.5 billion in bond and financing agreements, including more than $600 million for the airports.

Michael Rinaldi, head of local government ratings at Fitch, talks with Chip Barnett about the murky financial picture after the move by Gov. Ron DeSantis to dissolve the Reedy Creek Improvement District after Disney Co. said it plans to fight to repeal the new “Don’t Say Gay” law. (12 minutes)

While the outlook revision reflects the view there is a one-in-three chance RCID's credit profile could be positively or negatively impacted, future events remain unclear, said S&P's Christian Richards.

Total April volume was $34.329 billion in 729 deals versus $37.105 billion in 1,124 issues a year earlier.

The West Virginia Democrat has been critical of Biden's goal of a speedy transition to electric vehicles, in part because of China's dominance of the battery market.

This is the second time S&P Global Ratings placed New Orleans on negative CreditWatch due to long delays in publishing audited financial statements.

Oklahoma is poised to follow in the footsteps of Texas by barring banks from municipal bond deals if deemed to be against firearms and fossil fuel industries.

The Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority wants to sell up to $443.8 million in tax-exempt refunding bonds when market conditions improve.