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State Treasurer Shawn Wooden discusses the state's across-the-board bond rating upgrades, its immediate challenges and initiatives such as "CT Baby Bonds." Paul Burton hosts. (19 minutes)

The U.S. Department of Transportation secretary and elected leaders from New York and New Jersey pitched the $11.6 billion project, citing economic and safety concerns.

Daily report for June 29, 2021.

The agreement sets milestones for the project, expected to halve border wait times, to be completed by 2024.

Dozens of digital tools are billed as democratizing finance. But a number of entrepreneurs still see massive gaps.

The fiscally strained Chicago suburb's firefighters' fund isn't entitled to share in ARPA relief under a 2018 settlement, a state circuit court judge ruled.

With various Federal Reserve officials airing their views since the Federal Open Market Committee’s latest meeting, it may take a while for members to reach agreement on tapering, a boon for municipals.

Aid ranges from as much as 22.7% of fiscal 2020 spending in Wyoming to as little as 4.9% in Wisconsin.

With just a few days before the new fiscal year, Arizona lawmakers passed a $12.8 billion budget that largely neutralizes a tax measure voters passed in 2020.

Only two of the nine justices were in favor of adding New Hampshire v. Massachusetts to the docket for the fall term.

The deal qualifies as both an environmental impact bond and as a green bond under the International Capital Market Association's Green Bond Principles.

Daily report for June 28, 2021.

The Federal Reserve might consider an interest-rate hike from near zero as soon as late 2022 as the labor market reaches full employment and inflation is at the central bank’s goal, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said.

The costs of legal settlements in California police misconduct cases would be posted on city and county websites if the bill passes.

Economists in Puerto Rico panned the proposal to raise the rate to $9 per hour saying it would hurt businesses.

Making it a summer Friday, munis were quiet. Participants contemplate why the market underperformed taxables to the degree they did when fundamentals are objectively strong and little has changed since before the FOMC.

State and local government groups want the focus on reinstating tax-exempt advance refunding bonds and expanding the current financing tools.

India Walton, a registered nurse and union activist, stands to become the first self-declared socialist to oversee a major American city in decades.

According to State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, the brighter outlook could prompt increased rain-day deposits.

Over the years, Assured Guaranty has been open to guaranteeing in the U.K. and most of Europe, Australia, and New Zealand and through AGM in the U.S. they cover certain transactions within the Latin American region.