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.

The committee aims to craft best practices that would encourage greater use of the "green bond" label.

Texas gave S&P until Oct. 13 to produce documents detailing its development and use of ESG factors in public finance ratings.

John Hallacy talks with Chip Barnett about how fiscal and monetary policy is affecting the municipal bond market. He discusses recent data releases, supply forecasts and the midterm elections and the future of ESG in public finance. (20 minutes)

The bills signed by the California governor include one allocating nearly $1.5 billion to University of California campuses for climate change research.

In a letter a letter to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Brad Lander said he was concerned the firm's actions don't align with its stated climate commitments.

Former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins and others are concerned about politics entering public pension funds.

The taxables are the city's first social bonds, which S&P said are aligned with the International Capital Market Association's Social Bond Principles.

Brad Lander says using municipal bonds could be one way to help move recent immigrants into mainstream society and provide a long-term economic boost to the city.

The capital finance director of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission delivered some biting remarks to states banning underwriters based on political issues.

Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg talks about the Bay State's economic recovery, the largest ESG bond deal ever done in the municipal space and special state initiatives such as promoting diversity and inclusion and creating a Baby Bond taskforce. Chip Barnett and Thomas Nocera host. (22 minutes).

The rise of ESG investing exemplifies supply meeting demand in the free market, but some conservative leaders seem to have forgotten their Econ 101.

The firms have introduced the Municipal Bond Insights, which assesses climate and community resilience and risk for the public finance sector.

Some Texas lawmakers are pushing legislation that could ensnare muni investment banks offering company funded access to out-of-state abortions for employees.

Ben Watkins, Director of the State of Florida's Bond Division, talks with Chip Barnett about the latest news coming out of the Sunshine State and takes a look at what's happening in Reedy Creek. He discusses Florida's bonding and debt, infrastructure plans and dives into the state's ESG priorities. (30 minutes)

UBS was the only bank that underwrites municipal bonds on the list of 10 financial companies determined to be boycotting energy businesses under a Texas law aimed at protecting the state's oil and natural gas industry.

UBS was the only municipal bond underwriter included on the Texas comptroller's list of 10 financial companies determined to be boycotting energy businesses.