Washington

The 2023 fiscal year chair, vice chair and four new members will be announced after the meeting and the board will adopt its FY 2023 budget.

Bond premiums decrease when a city facing flood risk adopts measures that will reduce those risks, according to a recent study.

Issuers come to market more often and with larger deals when muni bond funds are enjoying inflows, a new paper contends. But not all market participants agree.

Many local governments are taking this opportunity to partner with neighbors to help strengthen and build more ambitious projects across regions.

Public sector employment remains low despite the influx of federal aid, and governments dangling high wages and benefits could face long-term credit challenges, panelists said at Brookings Municipal Finance Conference.

The MSRB has released a mid-year research report showing the sharp decline of taxable issuances, significant outflows from mutual funds and a particularly fruitful last few months for individual investors.

A new study found that following the recent law in Texas law barring muni underwiriting by banks discriminating against the oil and gas industry, municipalities face higher borrowing costs after many players exited the market.

The current territorial status would not be an option in a Puerto Rico voter plebiscite.

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s wholesale refusal to back the climate and tax measures in Democrats’ Build Back Better bill deals a final blow to any hopes of passing any provisions of the muni agenda before November.

Ownership issues seem to be worked out, more or less, but reopening the refinery remains in doubt.