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Join our panel of industry leaders as they discuss, Expectations for market performance, Bond volume, Credit conditions, Challenges and opportunities for the year ahead

In light of the market turmoil causing considerable shifts in the muni space for the past 2 years, how do market participants expect the public finance industry to evolve moving forward?

What do investors want for their investment strategies, a look at the various demand components in the market, as well as the uptick of alternative financing products issuers are using and what they mean for the buy-side community.

Our keynote speaker, Henry Cisneros, Chairman of the American Triple I, will be interviewed by Jon Ballan, a Member with Harris Beach PLLC, during our luncheon hour.

Meanwhile in New York, the state doubles down on climate investments and restricts investments in some big oil and gas companies as the city blasts several big banks as they pull out from the Climate Action 100+ initiative.

The proposed $1 billion bond measure would fund port improvements needed to push the state's nascent offshore wind power industry forward.

From bridge replacements in the Pacific Northwest and Midwest to prioritization of high-speed rail systems, here are 5 major projects to watch.

The Turnpike Authority of Kentucky approved a resolution authorizing the issuance of up to $250 million of economic development road revenue refunding bonds.

Nearly half of America's private colleges and universities reported negative operating margins in fiscal year 2023, and the trend was even worse in the Midwest.

The prospect of three consecutive negative total return years and a GAO ruling giving congress the power to review the DoT's multimodal discretionary grant funding opportunity are two of the recent developments coming out of Washington, D.C.

This volatility can be seen in the whipsawing figures from the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index Yield over the past few months, but in January in particular.

Josh Shapiro proposed sweeping changes to Pennsylvania's K-12 and higher education systems and $500 million of borrowing for his economic development plan.

The Federal Reserve expects to cut interest rates three times this year, some say as early as March, if data alllow those moves. Following the Jan. 30-31 FOMC meeting, Garrett Melson, portfolio strategist at Natixis Investment Managers Solutions, will provide his take on the meeting and Chair Jerome Powell's press conference.

A majority of those polled at The Bond Buyer's 2024 National Outlook Conference also felt issuance would increase moderately this year, to between $400 billion and $450 billion.

Los Angeles alone reported more than 500 mudslides from a storm that deluged the city for days.

"The debt afforablity study was just released. In this study we outlined how state debt is going to be falling by 60% over an eight year period," state Treasurer Dale Folwell said Tuesday.

The city of Aurora, Illinois, is issuing an upfront loan to developer Penn Entertainment using bonds backed by tax increment financing district revenue.

The top three co-managers have an average dollar volume of more than $11.7 billion as of the end of December 2023.

The Texas city's project joins other efforts in Southwest states to find new water sources as supplies dwindle due to persistent drought conditions.

It's a color-coded controversy about how far the fight over ESG and green investing precepts will affect public finance this year, with the latest skirmishes involving Bank of America and New York and New Hampshire.