State Treasurer Riley Moore is among of a group of GOP state officials challenging ESG efforts he calls “coercive capitalism.”

Disclosure around ESG-related risk factors to credit as well as for ESG-labeled bonds remains a mixed landscape that reflects the heterogenous nature of the muni market itself.

From disclosure to issuance labels, the Chicago finance team is shaping ESG practices that are top of mind for municipal market.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s visiting scholar Lourdes Germán will use the board’s data to help research ESG trends in public finance, including the impact of ESG on the secondary market.

After a deal fell apart last year amid controversy over private prisons, the state returns with new underwriters and a traditional municipal finance structure.

Dave Erdman has become one of the top issuer voices in the public finance community. As he heads off this summer into the private sector, Erdman reflects on his time on the GFOA's influential debt committee. Caitlin Devitt hosts. (14 minutes)

The laws raise borrowing costs for issuers and limit the distribution networks, according to a study.