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.

The University of Texas at Austin's Center on Municipal Capital Markets will provide graduate and continuing education programs, research reports, and public outreach.

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.

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announced an initiative to further exclude fossil fuels from pension funds' private portfolios to combat climate change.

The state received $250 million in federal funding to expand a Salton Sea restoration project in Imperial County, near the Mexican border.

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.

City Comptroller Brad Lander said he's optimistic about the deal, congestion pricing lawsuits and his mayoral campaign.

A lawsuit filed by a business group in federal court in August claims a 2021 Texas law violates free speech protections.

MMA says some risky-sector issuers in the area hit hard by the hurricane may be pushed into technical or payment defaults.

The Ohio Water Development Authority planned to sell $400 million of new money bonds in addition to a refunding driven by a tender offer.

Litigation in Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah could determine bond issuance, culpability for defaults, or the constitutionality of underwriter bans.

Bonds will finance construction of the South Coast Rail Project, which will restore commuter rail service between Boston and southeastern Massachusetts.

Water agencies in Texas, Oklahoma, and Denver are selling a combined nearly $2 billion of triple-A-rated bonds this week.

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.

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.

A coastal Oregon tribe sued the federal government to slow the issuance of two offshore wind leases.

The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing Tuesday examining the practices of proxy advisors and their relationship with ESG investing.

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.

Charter school bond issuance have leveled off as issuers consider labels and alternative structures.

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.