A national conference is planned for the spring to bring together states, utilities and the private entities that will own and operate the national EV charging station system.

Fitch is bulking up its public finance group with the addition of six municipal bond analysts for its offices in San Francisco, New York and Austin.

All states hit the Aug. 1 deadline to submit electric vehicle charging station plans to unlock the first piece of funding in the federal infrastructure package.

Scammers are masquerading as the IRS’ Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division to try and get issuers and borrowers to disclose confidential information.

The ISS ESG Muni QualityScore was previously designed for the buy- and sell-side, but it has expanded its offerings to issuers with datasets focused on their specific locations.

The three public finance professionals added to BondLink’s issuer relations team are part of the company’s ongoing initiative to help its network navigate a turbulent market.

The Spotlight Dealer Diversity Program, an initiative to highlight firms owned by women, veterans, people with disabilities and individuals of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, aims to promote them in Tradeweb’s platforms.

The finances of the controversial project remain unclear, but the favorable Texas Supreme Court ruling means the project has a chance of advancing.

Municipal governments have become a target for online criminals. Experts warn their neglect of cybersecurity puts finances, services and vital records at risk.

The market veteran with more than 30 years of experience will lead the origination of municipal debt on the firm’s blockchain platform.

The departure comes amid Spanish reports that financing for what aims to be the nation's first bullet train is "in hibernation."

Shortly after New Jersey state lawmaker Shama Haider introduced a bill to strengthen cybersecurity defenses, her own town of Tenafly faced a ransomware attack.

The White House released proposed rules for the $7.5 billion electric vehicle charging network program as gas prices in the U.S. hit another record high.

Gov. Jared Polis, who has been pushing for his state to become a center of the blockchain economy, signed a bill requiring a study of security tokens.

Howard Globus, founder and CEO of IT-on-demand.com, talks with Chip Barnett about what municipalities should do before, during and after a cybersecurity attack to keep their systems secure from hackers. (19 minutes)

Technology enables us to be better, smarter, and faster and allows its adopters to focus on more substantive tasks, unearth insightful information and manage human relationships.  

Several states have passed, or are considering, legislation to bar local governments from making payments to criminals who hold computer systems hostage.

The sector is a target-rich environment due to the large amount of sensitive data that healthcare entities maintain for patient care and operations.

While only 12% to 15% of municipal bond trading volume is performed electronically, various market participants say the time to embrace new technologies is now.

The new relationship allows RIAs to access BondLink's hosted investor relations pages without having to leave InspereX's BondNav platform.