Municipals were little changed while U.S. Treasury yields rose and equities ended mixed. Municipal bond mutual funds saw inflows as investors added $1.047 billion to funds after $512.9 million of inflows the week prior, according to LSEG Lipper. This marks nine straight weeks of inflows. <img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/19228117/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> High-yield continued to show

A business group filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the constitutionality of a 2021 Texas law that punishes banks and other financial firms for “boycotting” the fossil fuel industry. The case, brought by the American Sustainable Business Council against Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and Attorney General Ken Paxton in federal court in Austin, claims the law

The Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia’s $373 million of subordinated bonds are scheduled to price on Sept. 5. The bonds are rated A2 by Moody’s Ratings and A-minus by both S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings. The ratings have stable outlooks. BofA Securities will serve as senior manager and Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo Securities

The Colorado Legislature wrapped up a special session Thursday with the passage of a bill to circumvent property tax cut initiatives on the Nov. 5 ballot that troubled the state’s municipal bond market. House Bill 1001 incorporates a deal with Initiative 50 and 108 backers, who agreed to remove the measures from the ballot and

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is changing leadership regardless of who wins the election as Chairman Tom Carper, a champion of the Biden administration’s tax and infrastructure policies, including the Inflation Reduction Act, will not be returning to Congress next term. “As Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, I’m

The tax-exempt bond-funded march of the Villages retirement development in Florida continues next week with an unrated $163 million land development bond. Senior manager Jefferies and co-manager Morgan Stanley tentatively plan to price the deal Sept. 10 for The Village Community Development District No. 15 (City of Wildwood, Florida) special assessment revenue bonds, series 2024.