Issuer fears that ESG regulation will lead to disclosure trouble are overblown, the SEC’s muni office chief said Wednesday.

Coordinated national efforts to share firefighters and other resources could be stretched thin this year as drought hammers the West.

Commercial PACE loans facilitated through the Illinois Finance Authority and Cook County supported hotels, a historic theater, an indoor vertical farm, and rental kitchens.

Governance is the single most important ESG factor in public finance ratings, given the impact of governance structure, Fitch said.

Laura Rabinow of the Rockefeller Institute of Government talks with Chip Barnett about New York State’s $4.2 billion environmental bond referendum. Find out how the Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022 got on November's ballot and what it will actually do. (20 minutes)

California has received the most, at $9.7 billion, followed by New York. Transportation is the top spending category nationally followed by climate, energy and environment.

The Louisiana House passed a bill to limit firms that "discriminate" against the firearms industry from government business. A similar bill was vetoed last year.

As ETFs take a larger bite of the market, VanEck discusses how sustainable investing will contribute to the muni space.

“The racial wealth gap is wide and growing and we need innovative policies like Baby Bonds to begin addressing it right away," says Shira Markoff of Prosperity Now.

The infrastructure package features $5.4 billion to fight wildfires. Issuers like California's Yuba Water Agency say the money is a game changer.