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How High Court Rulings Affect Muni Issuers.
What It Means When the Biggest Banks Reduce Their Muni Debt Holdings.
The New Gold Rush for Green Bonds.
Municipal Bonds Are Scarce. That’s Good News for Borrowers.
And finally, Easterbrook in the House! is brought to us this week by Jones v. Markiewicz–Qualkinbush, a case about referenda or some such nonsense. The opinion would have been of no particular interest had it been penned by anyone other than the federal court’s (ok, arguably) foremost stylist. I speak, of course, of the Honorable Frank H. Easterbrook, Circuit Judge. You know you’re in good hands when the opinion begins with, “Thaddeus Jones, an alderman in Calumet City, Illinois, wants to be mayor.” and ends with, “The price of political dirty tricks must be collected at the ballot box rather than the courthouse.” Go forth and preach the gospel.

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