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During this discussion we will examine latest developments with the IIJA and IRA, including Greenhouse Gas Reduction fund. 

After a volatile 2022 and lowest issuance year in decades, the industry will come together in Chicago, to discuss market conditions, still low issuance levels  and issuer credit in 2023.

Introductory remarks provided by the conference chairs.

Join in the conversation with the industry's veterans as they reflect on where the industry has been in the past year and what, in their view, lies ahead for munis.

The governor said the budget would needlessly wipe out a rainy-day fund.

"We believe investors should take advantage of the current high rates environment: investors should pick and choose bonds selectively in the coming weeks in anticipation of this tightening cycle's end after November," BofA strategists said.

With supply chain concerns easing and travel domestic and abroad much improved, how are the nation's airports and ports faring as the U.S. and global economies are still weathering economic challenges and potential recession?

How are leaders in the industry looking at infrastructure finance amid Federal Reserve policy uncertainty? Are market participants planning larger capital projects?

Introductory remarks provided by the Bond Buyer and conference chairs.

"Last year's successful social bond issuance has proven that there is growing investor demand for socially conscious investments and I am thrilled that we are able to offer this opportunity again," said City Comptroller Lander said.

The 'Ports of Tomorrow ' event was carried out in partnership with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Regional Plan Association.

The stalled appropriations battle is alarming counties and cities dependent of federal funding

Loop Capital Markets CEO Jim Reynolds, Jr. said he would gladly pay a bit more for a muni bond that tackled gang violence in Chicago during a debate on ESG factors among market veterans at The Bond Buyer's infrastructure conference this week.

The bill would allow striking workers to collect unemployment benefits after being on strike for two weeks.

The rating is the first so far released for a controversial debt sale that will begin financing a $5 billion, 15-year toll road expansion project.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied Treasury's motion for en banc review following its January panel decision that rendered the American Rescue Plan Act's Offset Provision "unconstitutionally unascertainable."

The city cites stronger tax collections, continued economic growth and stability, and revenue sharing increases provided in the state budget.

The Miami metro area unemployment rate declined to 1.9% from the 2.9% reported in August 2022.

Refinitiv Lipper reported $116.737 million was pulled from municipal bond mutual funds for the week ending Wednesday after $798.474 million of outflows from the funds the previous week.

How to fill the gap left by ridership declines is the question facing transit agencies, said panelists at The Bond Buyer's Infrastructure Conference.