The rating agency, which gave the state a positive outlook a year ago, upgraded its general obligation rating a notch to AA-plus ahead of a $25 million bond sale.

At a Bond Buyer conference in Atlanta, industry leaders talked about tariff turmoil, the tax-exemption, weather resiliency, infrastructure and more. 

Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr said tariffs could have an outsize impact on small businesses and hardships could outlive the trade policy debate.

The up to $385 million of sales and use tax revenue bonds will finance sewer projects to address sanitary system overflows under a federal consent decree.

Moody's Ratings cited low liquidity as a reason for the downgrade.

The outlook revision to positive from stable comes ahead of the airport's planned refunding and plans to issue bonds to help finance a $2.7 billion capital program.

The SEC told the court it is leaving for later to settle financial terms with Jeffrey DeLaveaga.

State officials say the long-term infrastructure service contracts Sustainability Partners signs with municipalites should be legally treated as long-term debt.

The bill would create a not-for-profit corporation modeled after California's IBank, but with more flexibility to handle large-scale projects, backers say.

The state plans to price $626 million in GOs, in part, to fund the I-5 bridge replacement