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The Bond Buyer's Deal of the Year awards will mark the 23rd year it has recognized outstanding achievement in municipal finance. The event, to be held Dec. 3 in New York City, will also include the presentation of the Freda Johnson Awards for Trailblazing Women in Public Finance.
November 7 -
The University of Texas at Austin's Center on Municipal Capital Markets will provide graduate and continuing education programs, research reports, and public outreach.
November 6 -
The lawsuit targets emails with the message "from our friends in DC" that relate to the treasurer's list of firms restricted from state business.
October 29 -
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announced an initiative to further exclude fossil fuels from pension funds' private portfolios to combat climate change.
October 23 -
The state received $250 million in federal funding to expand a Salton Sea restoration project in Imperial County, near the Mexican border.
October 16 -
The district plans to price about $100 million of bonds Thursday, the first since Gov. Ron DeSantis took over control of it by appointing its board of supervisors.
October 8 -
City Comptroller Brad Lander said he's optimistic about the deal, congestion pricing lawsuits and his mayoral campaign.
October 7 -
A lawsuit filed by a business group in federal court in August claims a 2021 Texas law violates free speech protections.
October 7 -
MMA says some risky-sector issuers in the area hit hard by the hurricane may be pushed into technical or payment defaults.
October 3 -
The Ohio Water Development Authority planned to sell $400 million of new money bonds in addition to a refunding driven by a tender offer.
October 2 -
Litigation in Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah could determine bond issuance, culpability for defaults, or the constitutionality of underwriter bans.
October 1 -
Bonds will finance construction of the South Coast Rail Project, which will restore commuter rail service between Boston and southeastern Massachusetts.
September 30 -
Water agencies in Texas, Oklahoma, and Denver are selling a combined nearly $2 billion of triple-A-rated bonds this week.
September 24 -
The bills have a slim chance of advancing in the Senate, but offer a glimpse of Republican goals if they gain power in the November election.
September 23 -
Litigation filed by environmental groups aims to reverse actions taken by the agency's board since it was restructured by the state legislature in 2022.
September 23 -
A coastal Oregon tribe sued the federal government to slow the issuance of two offshore wind leases.
September 17 -
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing Tuesday examining the practices of proxy advisors and their relationship with ESG investing.
September 11 -
The lawsuit contends a state law that punishes banks and others for "boycotting" the fossil fuel industry violates free speech provisions in the U.S. Constitution.
August 29 -
Charter school bond issuance have leveled off as issuers consider labels and alternative structures.
August 21 -
Clyde, Texas, missed payments on certificates of participation due Aug. 1, the same day it declared a water emergency. Bond insurers are paying the holders.
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