Musk’s DOGE Effort Spurs Copycat Push in Texas With New Bills January 30, 2025 By Amanda Albright and Julie Fine Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick wants to follow in the footsteps of Elon Musk. The state’s powerful Republican announced on...
Texas Officials Sued Over Anti-ESG Law Targeting Wall Street August 29, 2024 By Amanda Albright and Madlin Mekelburg The American Sustainable Business Council sued Texas officials in an effort to block a law that restricts state investments with...
Louisiana Gun Bill Risks Roiling Wall Street’s Muni Business June 5, 2024 By Amanda Albright Louisiana could soon bar banks that “discriminate” against firearm entities from working on government contracts, after lawmakers advanced legislation that’s...
Republicans Weigh Rolling Back Anti-ESG Law They Passed April 23, 2024 By Amanda Albright Lawmakers in Oklahoma are having second thoughts about anti-ESG legislation that limits which Wall Street banks local governments can do...
Kansas Banker Charged With Embezzling $47M to Buy Crypto February 8, 2024 By Amanda Albright The former chief executive officer of a Kansas bank was charged with embezzling $47.1 million from the lender to buy...
ConEd Faces Heat After Times Square Goes Dark July 15, 2019 By Lynn Doan, Will Wade, Shoko Oda and Amanda Albright It lasted all of five hours – and hit just the spot on New York’s power system to take out...
YouTube Star’s E-Scooter Death Renews Safety Concerns of this ‘Alternative Transport’ July 15, 2019 By Amanda Albright A YouTube star’s death on an electric scooter may renew safety concerns as scooter companies aggressively seek to expand their...
Why Tax Cuts May Curb Insurers’ Municipal Bonds Appetite February 12, 2018 By Amanda Albright Put on the Taylor Swift and pull out the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream: The municipal-bond market’s long relationship with...
One of Hartford’s Biggest Bondholders Doesn’t Foresee a Default October 25, 2017 By Amanda Albright One of Hartford, Connecticut’s biggest bondholders isn’t too worried the distressed capital city will default on its debt. Lyle Fitterer,...