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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine rolled out the Welcome Home Ohio program, a product of the Ohio legislature's biennium budget bill, House Bill 33.

Tourism raised $35.2 billion in taxes in 2022, consisting of $18.9 billion in federal tax revenue, $8.1 billion in state tax revenue and $8.2 billion in local tax receipts, according to a report.

Affordable housing expert Marian Zucker retired on Dec. 1 as head of S&P Global Rating's housing group after over 40 years of working in the public and private sectors of the municipal bond industry.

Cities and states in the Southwest are making affordable housing a funding priority through voter-approved general obligation bonds or in their budgets.

Anne Marie Pippin, associate director in the Federal Housing Finance Agency's Office of Financial Technology, weighs the forces shaping the industry's future.

Florida outpaced the national average in overall labor force gains last month while the state's 2.8% unemployment rate was lower than the nation's 3.9% in October.

City Attorney Michael Gates said he will appeal the case to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Research indicates office space conversions could be financed with bonds.

Bond Buyer Senior Reporter Keeley Webster shares an interview with California Treasurer Fiona Ma on her run for lieutenant governor as a prelude to a fireside chat Wells Fargo Director Julia Kim conducted with the state treasurer at The Bond Buyer's California Public Finance conference.

Peter Lam has served as bond counsel to state and local issuers for public and privately placed bond issuances.

Mohamed Balla, Atlanta's CFO, talks about housing bonds and his participation in the recent National Association of Security Professionals' annual conference. Thomas Nocera hosts. (22 minutes)

Florida led the nation in payroll growth in July, Wells Fargo said in a Friday report, which noted most of the upturn was in the healthcare and professional and the scientific and technical services sectors while leisure and hospitality shed jobs.

The new California Housing Finance Agency credit pools multifamily housing loans.

Charles Treece and Azer Akhtar in Washington, D.C., and Jennifer Santangelo in Philadelphia have become partners at Ballard Spahr.

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity said the state unemployment rate in May was steady at 2.6% for the fifth straight month, the lowest among the 10 largest states in the nation.

"We are seeing strength in the securities, transportation and warehousing and office sectors," New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said "but retail, restaurants, construction and tourism continue to lag the national recovery."

"Our ratings reflect the progress the city has made over time on important issues like rebuilding reserves and improving the health of our pension fund," said Philadelphia Treasurer Jackie Dunn.

Providing enough housing for middle class and homeless people has topped legislative agendas in three West Coast states and Hawaii this session.

The proposed budget would add 400 more police officers and spend $1.3 billion on programs to ease homelessness.

Gov. Jay Inslee's plan to put a $4 billion housing bond before voters was discarded by budget writers in the state Senate.