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The economy continues on a fragmented recovery from the pandemic, with the housing market being a positive sign and labor having issues.

A Missouri appellate court agreed with a lower court that the county's pledge in financing agreements isn't a legally enforceable promise to make up debt service shortfalls

One example of the growth of the industry is the nearly tenfold increase in Colorado’s marijuana tax revenue to $250.7 million in 2018 from $25.3 million in 2014.

Without how long the pandemic will last, but knowing revenues will fall, county officials are forced to figure out ways to save money.

At a feisty board meeting, officials rolled out draconian scenarios of service cuts and fare and toll hikes should Washington help not materialize.

Ashton Goodfield, head of municipal bonds at DWS Group, talks with Chip Barnett about how the municipal bond market has been coping with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and what's in store for the rest of the year. (22 minutes)

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced a new approach to monetary policy Thursday that takes a more relaxed stance on inflation and on its view of how low U.S. unemployment can go.

A state-by-state review of first half 2020 issuance in the Southeast.

A historic charter award defines a new beginning for digital banking, Varo Money becomes the first consumer fintech in US history to gain full regulatory approval to become a national bank

Daily report for August 27, 2020.

Munis continued to weaken with yields on the AAA scales rising by as much as three basis points.

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority would save around $600 million by using alternative energy, according to a regulatory proposal.

In their first bond election of the COVID-19 crisis, Oklahoma voters rejected several proposals, including $120 million in the city of Norman.

The big gain suggests the manufacturing sector will be a positive for economic growth in the near term.

States are currently projecting revenue declines of 12% to as high as 40% in the current fiscal year.

A Government Finance Officers Association-led working group put out recommendations this week on timely and pandemic-related disclosure.

Municipal bond issuers in the Southeast sold $27.7 billion of debt, down 7% year-over-year as the region saw fewer big transportation and prepay gas deals.

New York City's comptroller wants the mayor to pull the executive order he issued in March, when the city needed to quickly purchase ventilators and other coroavirus-related equipment.

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George, who has been among the most hawkish Fed policy makers, doesn’t oppose some overshooting of the central bank’s 2% inflation target and sees more risk of price pressures being too weak than too strong.

A state-by-state review of first half 2020 issuance in the Midwest.