State money to mitigate storm hit to Houston budget
Houston dodged a blow to its fiscal 2025 budget when Texas officials Wednesday freed up state funds to assist pay town’s share of costs to remove debris created by two…
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Obituary: former Washington State Treasurer Jim McIntire
James McIntire, who served two terms as Washington state treasurer, died in August. He was 71. The cause was an aggressive and rare type of prostate cancer, his wife, Christina…
Stadium costs mount for state and native governments
Taxpayers shoulder a heavy burden for sports stadium subsidies, the Tax Foundation said this week. Reams of research shows that using bonds to finance sports stadiums and arenas don’t generate…
SALT cap repeal would affect state workarounds
Because the election approaches, tax policy issues are moving to the fore including pass-through entity exemptions used to negate the consequences of the cap on state and native tax deductions. …
Reset in pricing is persistent. Property cat in a superb state of equilibrium: RenRe CEO
Speaking throughout the last RenaissanceRe earnings call, CEO Kevin O’Donnell explained that he believes the reset achieved in property catastrophe pricing is proving to be persistent.RenaissanceRe executives said that they…
Empire State Development Corp. brings state sales tax revenue bonds
The Empire State Development Corp. is about to sell $335.7 million of state sales tax revenue bonds on Thursday. The competitive deal is the one sizable offering from a Recent…
South Dakota considers ending state grocery tax – Finapress
South Dakota voters will determine the fate of Initiated Measure 28, which could eliminate the state sales tax on groceries. Illinois, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Utah, Tennessee, Alabama and Virginia have…
South Dakota considers ending state grocery tax
South Dakota voters will determine the fate of Initiated Measure 28, which might eliminate the state sales tax on groceries. Illinois, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Utah, Tennessee, Alabama and Virginia have…
Treasury weighs in on state anti-ESG laws
Congressional Republicans launched fresh salvos within the partisan battle over environmental, social and governance investment polices last week and Treasury waded into the problem as the talk continues to simmer…
State Farm prices $1bn of Merna Re II 2024-1 catastrophe bonds
We’ve learned that US primary insurance giant State Farm has now priced $1 billion of recent catastrophe bond notes under a Merna Re II Ltd. (Series 2024-1) issuance, which we…