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A proposed constitutional amendment on Colorado’s Nov. 5 ballot aimed at curbing property taxes would roil municipal financing in the state and harm metropolitan districts in particular, by boosting borrowing costs and sparking litigation, according to bond dealers and attorneys. Initiative 50, a proposed constitutional amendment that requires a 55% majority vote for passage, would

California and Oregon are experiencing yet another record-setting year of wildfires. The still-raging Park Fire in northern California, the largest of 12 active fires, has consumed more than 426,000 acres, and is the state’s fourth-largest fire in the past two decades. More than two weeks after an arsonist started the conflagration, it is only 34%

As governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz has proposed some sweeping investments, including a $3.3 billion bonding bill that would have been the largest in the state’s history, and a $1 billion infrastructure package earlier this year. Some who’ve watched the evolution of the governor’s approach say the new Democratic nominee for vice president is a

Arizona reactivated a bond program to help rural communities and tribal governments finance infrastructure projects.  The Greater Arizona Development Authority (GADA), which had been dormant for nearly 10 years, began offering financial assistance this month, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced this week.   “By reinvigorating this tool, we are providing an opportunity to leverage existing funds to

When Wisconsin priced $253.755 million of general obligation refunding bonds for forward delivery on July 23, it was the state’s second forward delivery deal in recent months.  On Feb. 27, Wisconsin had priced $89.02 million of GO refunding bonds, 2025 Series 1, for forward delivery. The state taxable and federally tax-exempt bonds, to be delivered