The compromise spending bill signed into law by President Biden keeps the government open, but whether that success is a sign of future cooperation isn't clear.

"The risks to achieving our employment and inflation goals are moving into better balance," Cook said.

The initiative proposed by business interests would amend California's constitution to prevent the state from approving tax increases without a two-thirds majority vote of the Legislature and voter approval.

To maintain the city's good credit rating and robust fiscal health, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is also proposing a stronger debt management policy to make sure the city keeps its debt service below 15% of tax revenues.

The Washington refunding deal is built on an extraordinary optional redemption of Build America Bonds despite criticism from investors who hold them.

States' January revenues were down from a year earlier.

The deal announced by Mayor John Whitmire last week would end an eight-year-long impasse with the firefighters union and require $650 million of judgment bonds.

Broker-dealer advocates believe the agency is over-regulating the industry.

The securities industry accounted for roughly $28.8 billion in state tax revenue and $5.4 billion in New York City tax revenue for fiscal 2023, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli estimated.

Laws banning banks from underwriting municipal bond deals because of their fossil fuel or firearm policies dramatically boosted underwriting spreads, a business group's study said.