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Since New York legalized the sports gambling industry five months ago, residents of the state have made almost $6 trillion in bets.

Gilt-edged Maryland typically helps to guide triple-A yield curves.

The selloff in Treasuries and the continued strength of municipals have done their part to richen muni-UST ratios.

The COVID-19 pandemic is largely in the rearview mirror for toll roads in Texas, where traffic and revenue are climbing and population growth is fueling demand.

The MSRB addressed its controversial request for information during the Government Finance Officers Association’s first live conference in two years.

A decades-old policy position on taxable debt and recommendations for issuance of variable-rate debt were among the issues taken up by the GFOA's debt committee.

The Citizens Budget Commission awards gala was attended by New York Mayor Eric Adams, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and former Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch.

Investors will be greeted Monday with an increase in supply with the new-issue calendar estimated at $6.488 billion, led by $1 billion-plus of GOs from Maryland in the competitive market.

Mayor Eric Garcetti emphasized the city’s robust reserves and plans to issue housing bonds to aid efforts to alleviate homelessness.

Some observers of Puerto Rico politics are concerned its government continues to avoid fiscal responsibility, ignoring past mistakes that led to the bankruptcy.

Local police funds challenging the suburban and downstate police and firefighter pension fund consolidation appealed a court decision that upheld it.

The seasonal factors of a supply and demand mismatch, reinvestment needs and strong credit fundamentals, have opened a window of opportunity.

The finance director of Aurora, Colorado, takes over as the association's president amid an uncertain post-pandemic landscape.

Bryant spent much time working to empower finance departments trying to pull their respective states, cities and localities out of the pitfalls caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has filed a proposal to change its fee structure to account for prior year market results in a move that will help the board cover budget shortfalls.

High-yield raked in the majority of the flows helped by Nuveen reopening two of its high-yield funds to new investors. Participants remain cautious as macroeconomic effects still hang over the market.

The state's two-year capital budget includes incentives for Intel's $20 billion chip production plants and spending on local and state construction projects.

After next fiscal year, the governor expects both revenues and spending to increase.

Turner & Townsend aims to double its North American growth by 2025 as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is rolled out.

The SEC charged the town, former mayor Vern Breland, municipal adviser Twin Spires Financial and its owner Aaron Fletcher with misleading investors in connection with bond offerings in 2017 and 2018.