Elections

Public transit emerged as an $11 billion winner in the 2025 elections as voters in five states approved measures to pour money into the sector.

City and state law mean it's unlikely that Mamdani will be able to enact the parts of his agenda that would have major impacts on the city's credit. 

Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey and Abigail Spanberger in Virginia both campaigned for governor on pocketbook issues — lowering costs, expanding child care and restoring stability after months of economic turbulence and a government shutdown that's stretched past five weeks.

As more states move towards resetting their Congressional districts questions arise over how redistricting will affect the balance of power and eventually tax policy.

California's largest health workers union sent ballot language to state Attorney General Rob Bonta in an effort to add a wealth tax proposal to the November 2026 ballot.

The State Bond Commission approved 21 municipal entities' elections on tax increases for infrastructure projects, with the increases possibly supporting bonds.

An Emerson College poll showed Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis in seventh place in the crowded governor's race as she made the announcement Friday.

Kelly Hancock resigned his state senate seat and assumed a position that will make him acting comptroller after current Comptroller Glenn Hegar leaves office.

Nashville, Tennessee, voters approved a $2 billion bond measure, while Lancaster County, South Carolina, and Cary, North Carolina, opposed the bond referendums.

State and local government subsidies for sports stadiums reached an almost 20-year high in 2023, but the ballooning industry could cause adverse financial and economic effects, Moody's warns.

West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore, who's put banks on a blacklist for their support of ESG policies, is up for (and very likely to win) one of the state's two seats in the U.S. House. Here's how he got there, and what it'll look like when he tries to bring his anti-ESG policies national.

Brace for an unpredictable year in community finance, where a confluence of global turmoil, mandatory tech advancements, legislative implementation, and potential political upheaval collide with an already fragile insurance market.

Voters approved several billion-dollar-plus bond referedums before them.

The Tax Cuts and Job Act will be up for renewal by the winners of the next election cycle

Extending the tax, which expires at the end of 2025, would raise billions of dollars for transportation projects in the nation's fourth-largest county.

Mayor David Holt says the city and its NBA team can replace the Paycom Center with a bigger facility without raising taxes.

Chicago voters picked Brandon Johnson — a Cook County Board Commissioner, former teacher, and Chicago Teachers' Union organizer — as their next mayor.

Paul Vallas, a former city budget director and public schools chief, and Brandon Johnson, a Cook County commissioner and teachers' union organizer were the two top vote-getters in Tuesday's election sending them to an April runoff.

The Bond Buyer's senior regional reporters hold a roundtable discussion on the midterm elections. Caitlin Devitt, Yvette Shields, Karen Pierog, Keeley Webster and Thomas Nocera talk about implications for the municipal bond market. Chip Barnett moderates. (30 minutes)

It appears to have been a good time to request bonds as most of the largest issues were approved.