Politics

Gov. Brain Kemp signed an executive order Wednesday extending a suspension of Georgia's gasoline tax as prices at the pump remain high, but begin to fall.

Maine voters in Tuesday election shot down a ballot proposal for a public takeover of private electric utility providers.

The constitutional amendment removes a special debt limit placed on small city school districts; now they will be treated the same as other school districts.

A subpoena sent to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission this week seeks communications related to 2021's Winter Storm Uri and nearly $3 billion of utility securitizations that priced in 2022.

Amid a wellspring of federal funding to accelerate production, West Virginia is leveraging its own incentives to grow its local defense industries.

Republican criticism over the bill's 64% cut to Amtrak prompted GOP leadership to tap the brakes on the bill late Tuesday.

The state asked the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a request to hear arguments seeking to overturn a capital gains tax expected to bring in $500 million annually.

The deal marks one of the rare instances of true asset recycling in the U.S.

An increase in tax collections helped fuel the flow of billions of excess dollars into the state's previous budget, although growth in key sales tax revenue has slowed.

For those of us who study government finance, either for investment purposes or for public policy purposes, complete data sets are far more useful than partial ones that will necessitate ongoing use of legacy PDFs of those issuers that are exempt.

"Under my rule, pension-fund and asset managers are still able to offer ESG products in Missouri," said Missouri Secretary of State John Ashcroft.

Attorney General Ken Paxton put several big banks under a review last month, raising concerns more municipal bond underwriters could be driven out of the state.

Two major state-backed offshore wind farm projects in New Jersey were canceled by Ørsted, which cited growing impairments and sustained marketplace pressures.

A Senate bill holds drinking and wastewater infrastructure funding level to 2023, but advocates the SRFs could see cuts when the two chambers hammer out final appropriations.

Large reserves will insulate states against downgrades in the near future, one rating agency says.

Nevada state officials have partnered with two companies that specialize in working with charter schools to create a $100 million revolving loan fund to build schools and refund existing high-interest debt.

When set against high-profile public finance projects like American Dream and Legacy Cares, Florida's Brightline marks a rare success for investors.

The application criteria for the grant programs handcuffs $5.5 billion in transportation spending to progressive priorities," said Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz.

This could be the first time the bond market has posted three consecutive negative total return years, according to John Hancock Investment Management Co-Chief Investment Strategist Matt Miskin.

States use tax proceeds in a way that appeals to voters because recreational marijuana is often legalized through a referendum process.