Democrats and Republicans each said the other party's position on ESG investing carries additional costs for states.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation Tuesday improving a tax increment financing program created in 2021 that wasn't working as intended.

Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson hopes to make an announcement on the CFO post before taking office Monday.

A bill passed this week would place a measure on the November statewide ballot to prevent growing home values from raising property taxes.

"This recent escalation of the Disney-DeSantis fight is unnerving, but it doesn't make that fight any more consequential for the municipal market," said Justin Marlowe of the University of Chicago.

The key question for issuers will be how lawmakers decide which funds are protected and which are open to being rescinded.

Many say continued lower rate would threaten U.S. Virgin Islands' financial solvency.

The acrimonious relationship between the university and its private partner has spilled into the courts and underscores that P3 deals don't remove all risks.

A downgrade of the nation's credit would shake the muni market.

State Senate Ways and Means Committee chair Patrick O'Connor said Gov. Maura Healey's tax proposals would remain largely untouched.

Although Hawaii lawmakers nixed his proposed tourist tax, Gov. Green points to positives.

If implemented, New York's congestion pricing plan will be the first in the nation.

The city north of Detroit says it can't afford to make good on a $24 million debt owed to the Great Lakes Water Authority and in the absence of state help has raised state-approved bankruptcy as an option.

Seattle's Sound Transit, the biggest beneficiary of a federal low-interest loan program, had received three more loans totaling $327 million.

Continued commitments to meeting long-term liabilities under Gov. Phil Murphy were cited as key in a slew of recent bond rating upgrades for the Garden State.

Legislation making its way through the state legislature enhances pension benefits for Tier 2 Chicago firefighters but the Civic Federation is urging lawmakers to slow down.

"The vast majority" of state and local issuers would be resilient to a one-notch downgrade in the U.S. rating, Moody's said.

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

Circuit Judge John K. Bush cited Alexander Hamilton's insistence in the Federalist Papers that states would retain their authority over their own taxation.

The placement of Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, and Bank of America on the list makes them ineligible for state and local government contracts.