Southwest

Phoenix's Major League Baseball team has a new state bond authorization in its pocket as it decides whether or not it should keep its 23-year-old stadium.

Oklahoma can cut taxes and boost school funding while expanding Medicaid coverage thanks to healthy revenues.

With the heavily traveled Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River closed for repairs, Arkansas and Tennessee are seeking federal aid to cover the cost.

The Investment Company Institute reported another week of inflows, but at a lower clip than recent weeks with $541 million coming into municipal bond mutual funds.

Texas governments and advisors are waiting to see if the potential exclusion of the state's largest municipal bond underwriters will affect issuance costs.

States are well-positioned to emerge from COVID-19, the investment firm said in its annual grading.

Colorado lawmakers are working on a $5 billion funding proposal for transportation; this week's $500 million debt issue targets immediate needs.

The legislation would bar firms that receive government contracts from discriminating against firearms companies. Smaller banks have quietly dropped their opposition in hopes of gaining more municipal bond business.

After facing outside economic data pressures and rising U.S. Treasuries, municipals ended the week on solid footing ahead of a larger calendar with newly upgraded Connecticut leading with $1 billion of exempt and taxable GOs.

Not only do government entities have new federal funds destined to reach them soon, but citizens also are supporting bond elections in record numbers.