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Siebert's Suzanne Shank and Bill Thompson have joined with NBA veteran player Chris Webber in a new program launched by New York State to fund the growth of the cannabis industry that eliminates barriers for equitable participation.

With the Fourth of July holiday shortening the week, investors will see a paltry $2.861 billion of new issues to kick off the second half of 2022.

A board member and Gov. Pedro Pierluisi expressed disappointment about the inability of the board and the government to come to a consensus budget.

Denver International Airport returns to the municipal market boosted by a rating upgrade as it recovers from passenger and revenue losses in the pandemic.

The board also approved a rollover of bond anticipation notes because it doesn't have access to the bond market.

Elizabeth Funk is the new managing director of institutional sales and trading in the municipal underwriting group amid a wave of recent new additions. Natalie A. Brown has taken over as CEO.

S&P Global Ratings says that without funding reform, New Jersey's pension system may continue to negatively impact the state's credit outlook for decades.

Investors pulled more from municipal bond mutual funds, with Refinitiv Lipper reporting $1.3 billion of outflows, down from the $1.6 billion the week prior and bringing the total to $47 billion year-to-date.

This is the third deadline extension for PREPA mediation.

For the first half of 2022, total issuance sits at $201.556 billion, down 14.5% from $235.836 billion in 2021. Taxables are down 46.8% to $31.024 billion from $58.338 billion.

Puerto Rico-based Ocean Capital is trying to gain control of several local tax-free income funds by electing members to the funds' board of directors, but current board members have refused to give up their seats.

The state has led the way on environmental policies and spent billions on housing, but significant challenges mean its ESG scores aren't that great.

The Spotlight Dealer Diversity Program, an initiative to highlight firms owned by women, veterans, people with disabilities and individuals of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, aims to promote them in Tradeweb’s platforms.

The Investment Company Institute reported investors pulled $4.590 billion from muni bond mutual funds in the week ending June 22, down from $6.243 billion of outflows in the previous week.

The federal lawsuit brought by Philadelphia, San Diego and Baltimore on behalf of thousands of issuers is similar to a series of closely watched state whistleblower cases that claim banks manipulated interest rates on variable-rate bonds.

Largely attributable to Fed interest rate increase-led volatility, outstanding municipal bonds lost $300 billion of market value in the first quart of 2022, a Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board report said.

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

The bond proposition passed with more than 59% of the vote, according to unofficial election results.

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.

A new-issue supply-focused buy-side had their sights on the $8 billion-plus flowing into the primary market this week, while municipal traders remained cautious, keeping an eye on bid-wanted lists in the secondary market.