Included in the plan is a $545 million for a loan to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and more money for the government's emergency reserve.

The bill would bar the state from doing business with companies that apply ESG to investment decisions and/or "boycott" favored industries.

Attorneys general from 16 states filed an amicus brief supporting Oakland and San Francisco's climate change lawsuit against oil companies.

Two Federal Reserve officials signaled they favored pausing interest rate increases, while a third policymaker said the central bank's task in subduing inflation was not complete.

The governor outlined what he called a balanced budget, though the revenue shortfall has grown by $9.3 billion to $31.5 billion since January.

Illinois trimmed revenue estimates for the current fiscal year and must absorb higher social services expenses next year leaving less budget room to maneuver.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a journalist group seeking the release of a wide range of Puerto Rico Oversight Board information, which may have had an impact on the PREPA bankruptcy proceedings.

Despite a slump in state revenue figures, a Massachusetts Senate committee approved tax relief along the same lines Gov. Maura Healey proposed earlier.

UBS will compensate a Texas school district, which was forced to resell bonds after the state attorney general rejected the investment bank's contract to purchase the debt.

President Biden will ask the Senate to confirm Gov. Philip Jefferson for the No. 2 spot on the Federal Reserve Board; World Bank Group executive and Colombian-American Adriana Kugler for a vacant board seat; and Gov. Lisa Cook for a full term.