Loop Capital Markets CEO Jim Reynolds, Jr. said he would gladly pay a bit more for a muni bond that tackled gang violence in Chicago during a debate on ESG factors among market veterans at The Bond Buyer's infrastructure conference this week.

The bill would allow striking workers to collect unemployment benefits after being on strike for two weeks.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied Treasury's motion for en banc review following its January panel decision that rendered the American Rescue Plan Act's Offset Provision "unconstitutionally unascertainable."

The Miami metro area unemployment rate declined to 1.9% from the 2.9% reported in August 2022.

How to fill the gap left by ridership declines is the question facing transit agencies, said panelists at The Bond Buyer's Infrastructure Conference.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is set to unveil a spending blueprint with new revenue proposals next month.

The total economic impact from the almost 292 million tourists visiting the Empire State last year was roughly $123 billion.

The state in 2010 sold $1.5 billion of bonds backed by payments from a master settlement agreement with tobacco firms and used the proceeds to pay overdue bills.

Travelers to the Mountain State gave West Virginia a $7 billion boost in 2022, with spending up 17% from pre-pandemic levels, which outpaced the 1% national recovery rate for the tourism industry.

A Wisconsin county has sold more than $200 million of bonds for broadband provider Bug Tussel to provide high-speed internet to rural customers in the state.

State lawmakers cleared an $83.8 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2024 after a long dispute along party lines over spending provisions and tax cuts.

The EPA failed to follow an escalation policy that was crafted in the wake of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

States nationwide saw slower general fund revenue growth in fiscal 2023 after gains the previous two fiscal years fueled by high inflation and federal stimulus.

Mainers will be asked in November if they want to create a public utility to buy out operations of investor-owned Central Maine Power and Versant Power.

The World Bank director and former top Labor Department economist will become the first Fed governor of Hispanic descent and will give the board a full compliment of members since former vice chair Lael Brainard resigned in February.

After years of surplus from COVID-19 related stimulus, state tax revenues declined by 6.7% in nominal terms and 9.4% in real terms in June when compared with a year prior.

Philip Jefferson was the Biden administration's pick for the Fed's number two position following the departure of Lael Brainard earlier this year. Two more Fed nominees are expected to get confirmation votes this week.

"As an investor I'm not looking at the activity of the stadium as the security," said an Illinois sports authority bondholder of potential exits by the White Sox and Chicago Bears.

Sports wagering is forecast to increase the state's revenue by about $23 million a year when it's fully implemented. Retail locations open this week and mobile applications go online at the end of the month.

The EPA did not seek public comment before revising the rule overseeing polluted waterways.