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.

UBS' placement on the Texas comptroller's list of fossil fuel industry "boycotters" could jeopardize its role in a natural gas utility securitization bond sale.

Join Peter O'Neill, Director and Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, at Bank of America, and Blake Lynch, Head of Business Development, IMTC, as they discuss the role of separately managed accounts in the muni market with The Bond Buyer's Lynne Funk.

Fitch is bulking up its public finance group with the addition of six municipal bond analysts for its offices in San Francisco, New York and Austin.

The debt issued through conduit Gallatin County, Montana, benefits an aerial firefighting company that went public through a SPAC weeks after the bonds sold.

A key distinction commenters raised is the difference between ESG-related credit risk disclosures and non-credit risk ESG information about the issuer or the bonds.

Due to their policies on fossil fuels, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo can't bid on state banking contracts in the Mountain State.

A proposal would prohibit fund managers at the State Board of Administration from considering ESG factors when investing the state’s money and require them to only consider maximizing returns on investment.

The Louisiana Bond Commission approved $600 million of notes to help pay Hurricane Ida damage claims after several insurers went bankrupt and up to $1.1 billion to build a biorefinery.

Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said her proposed $9.3 billion fiscal 2022-2023 budget, with the tax cut, safeguards the county's fiscal stability and maintains critical services.

Bond premiums decrease when a city facing flood risk adopts measures that will reduce those risks, according to a recent study.

Tom Wright, president and CEO of the Regional Plan Association, talks with Chip Barnett about the ongoing Gateway transportation project and its importance to the tri-state region. He also discusses the challenges and opportunities in transit, infrastructure, affordable housing, climate change and ESG. (30 minutes)

A new study found that following the recent law in Texas law barring muni underwiriting by banks discriminating against the oil and gas industry, municipalities face higher borrowing costs after many players exited the market.

Massachusetts delayed the sale of $2.7 billion of taxable special obligation revenue bonds as state lawmakers consider a bill for their unemployment trust fund.

BlackRock's Head of Municipals Peter Hayes lays out the muni landscape for the rest of the year, highlighting opportunities for the asset class after the severe volatility so far in 2022.

The “social” part of ESG evaluations poses the most downside risk to governmental and not-for-profit issuers in the Midwest and Central regions, S&P said.