Litigation

The county would hold a special election for a sales tax to provide more funds to build and operate a bond-financed jail project that faces rising costs.

The Goldwater Institute took aim at another Arizona municipality, filing a lawsuit against tax rate hikes approved by the Gilbert Town Council in October.

Lawsuits surrounding everything from unethical sponsorships to the sale of refunding bonds swept across markets last year, creating a municipal battleground.

California and federal officials  reached a $10 million settlement with the owners of a chain of non-profit health clinics and a laboratory in a case involving Medi-Cal and Medicare fraud.

Six Texas cities sued the state comptroller over a rule that altered where sales taxes would be collected on certain online purchases.

The challenge to the 2022 approval of bonds for a PACE program could "catastrophically undermine" the finality of all Florida bond validations, the agency said.

Justices appeared open to narrowing the scope of federal environmental impact reviews during oral arguments on a bond-financed Utah railway to move crude oil.

The county commission, which sued Oklahoma City in June over its denial of permit for the jail site, is pursuing a possible settlement.

A circuit court judge earlier this year struck down the law prohibiting state and local government contracts with firms "boycotting" the fossil fuel industry.

A dispute over open meetings laws has stalled progress on UI's plans to purchase online University of Phoenix.

A bankrupt city's only asset is mired in its history of corruption and a statewide fight over utilities privatization.

The low-rated, Phoenix-based university turned to a public debt sale after refinancing maturing outstanding bonds with bridge loans.

The group of five banks deny long-standing charges from a Minnesota-based whistleblower that they conspired to artificially inflate the rates on variable-rate demand bonds.

The county is reviewing responses to a request for proposals to help fund construction of a replacement jail through a bond-financed lease-purchase arrangement.

The turnpike plans to sell $1 billion of revenue bonds in 2025's first quarter to continue funding for an expansion project now estimated to cost $8.2 billion.

The Payson Town Council rescinded its approval for $70 million of bonds targeted by a lawsuit filed in September.

Votes on Amendment A, which would have allowed excess income tax revenue earmarked for public education to flow into the state budget, will not be counted.

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

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

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.