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A state-by-state review of 2024 midyear issuance in the Midwest.

Midwest bond sales ticked 1.8% higher by volume in the first half of 2024, to $34.377 billion as the region missed out on the big gains in volume nationwide.

The estimated $100 million raised annually from the 0.5% tax increase on the Nov. 5 ballot could be used to back bonds for affordable housing.

Lawmakers could take a scalpel to certain bonds and sectors to penalize issuers for unrelated policies, like school vouchers or campus protests.

A state-by-state review of 2024 midyear issuance in the Southwest.

A state-by-state review of 2024 midyear issuance in the Northeast.

Issuers in the eight-state region sold $50.6 billion of bonds with Texas accounting for 65% of the volume.

The possibility of moving stalled housing bills forward combined with promises of down payment assistance is offering hope to housing advocates.

Pent-up demand, dwindling federal aid and lower interest rates led to a 32% increase in municipal issuance in the first half of 2024.

The measure would have requested $20 billion of bond authority from voters in nine San Francisco-area counties; backers said they would try in a later year.

New York state's issuers topped the Northeast charts as issuance rose in nearly every sector of the market during the first half of 2024.

Proposed guidelines for federal tax credits could undermine the effort to build a clean hydrogen market, critics say.

Efforts at every level to respond to the growing problem of extreme heat are beginning to reshape how state and local governments think about emergency management.

The state has selected a stretch of Interstate 24 between Nashville and Murfreesboro to be its first "Choice Lane," an optional toll lane to bypass congestion.

The top five bond financings came in above $1 billion.

Months after the SEC approved several spot bitcoin exchange-traded product shares, a number of Midwest public pension funds are dabbling in crypto investments.

Municipal bond market participants say a proposed constitutional amendment targeting property tax revenue would increase borrowing costs and lead to litigation.

The private Massachusetts college is partnering with the Collegiate Housing Foundation to address a good problem for a Northeast school to have: rising demand.

California and Oregon are experiencing yet another record-setting year of wildfires amid increasing uncertainty about FEMA and property insurance backstops.

Thursday's pricing of senior revenue bonds comes after Fitch Ratings upgraded the airport's subordinate debt.