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Eichar said Stradling's strength in working on infrastructure projects with local agencies was an attraction.

Massachusetts brings double-A-plus level ratings to the competitive deal, comprised of $800 million of new money bonds plus a refunding component.

Less than two weeks after Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a new tax on annual income over $1 million, a lawsuit has been filed seeking to overturn it.

Realty Income, a real estate investment trust concentrated in low-risk retail and industrial real estate, was the funding recipient on the $675 million deal.

Litigants say $400 million in planned Port of South Louisiana bonds were not properly advertised. It's part of a wider challenge to industrial development plans.

Market Intelligence analyst Jeff Lipton looks back on a first quarter in which the municipal bond market was unexpectedly buffeted by the winds of war.

"I find this a very encouraging appointment," Peter Chan, a partner at law firm Baker McKenzie, said of Woodcock's appointment.

Financial mismanagement and apparent revenue diversion led to events of default for centers owned by and financed through the PFA, the bond trustee said.

The legislature passed bills to cut personal income tax rates over time and limit increases on homestead property tax payments to the rate of inflation.

The state Supreme Court's decision did not address the 2022 law's governmental contract ban for businesses deemed to be "boycotting" the fossil fuel industry.

"I would much rather invest in the muni, both in terms of default rates and in terms of the yield that you're getting off of those," said Travis Lower.

Voters rejected a 3% hotel tax increase Tuesday in Springfield, Missouri. They had already rejected a similar measure in November.