Key takeaways from the preliminary findings show that most jurisdictions that integrate racial equity in bond issuance focuse primarily on the use of the proceeds. 

Utah's first debt affordability study said while pay-as-you-go funding for capital projects is preferred, an economic downturn could lead to more debt issuance.

Keeley Webster, a Bond Buyer senior reporter, hosts a discussion with Raul Amezcua, a Ramirez & Co. managing director, on a California committee's efforts to craft ESG disclosure guidelines to encourage greater issuance of green bonds and provide more transparency for investors. (20 minutes)

Municipal issuers are learning the ropes of ESG disclosure and marketing.

MSU must find a new president after friction between board members and the president hired in the wake of the Larry Nassar scandals led to his resignation.

The status allows the firm to assign the label to bonds based on a review of a project's adherence to the Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme.

We believe our industry should coalesce around objective measures of ESG "risk" and leave the"impact" considerations to the investors and their proxies. Buy-side participants should welcome this as they structure impact strategies to match their clients' needs.

Even without formal rules tailored to the municipal market, ESG integration will likely come to the muni market faster than expected.

Partisan politics is playing a larger role in public finance, flaring up into bickering more often than in the past.

Joseph "Jodie" Smith takes the reins at the influential bond lawyer organization.