Politics

The spending cuts and reforms to Medicaid and SNAP in the One Big Beautiful Bill will be phased in through 2028, but most states will start preparing early next year.

North Carolina's triple-A ratings were affirmed ahead of plans to sell up to $506 million in general obligation and limited obligation bonds.

"I've never seen this level of hand wringing at the issuer level," said Matt Boles, managing director at RBC Capital Markets.

Yakym praised the successful effort to preserve the tax exemption throughout One Big Beautiful Bill negotiations and encouraged market advocates to keep lobbying lawmakers.

This will be Charvel's second stint as the city's CFO.

Cities are responding to a state directive to remove symbols on crosswalks and other so-called distractions or risk losing state and federal funding.

The city council of Harvey voted to declare the city financially distressed in a bid for state oversight, as the mayor warned of a city government shutdown.

Its triple-A bonds have recovered after cheapening earlier this year under a pressure campaign from the Trump administration.

The case challenges Oklahoma's authority to collect income taxes from Native Americans who live and work on tribal reservations.

The Roosevelt Institute rolled out a new report on munis revealing the latest trends in public finance along with critiques and recommendations for alternative ways to fund infrastructure.