After recently requesting to take up the issue again, city leaders will soon consider whether to pursue an ordinance that would ban single-use plastic bags. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission is scheduled to receive a recently approved recommendation from the city’s Sustainability Advisory Board to ban single-use plastic bags provided at checkout and begin an educational campaign about their environmental impact. Source: LJWorld

The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. Every issuer's credit is different. For rates that may be applicable to your municipality, contact our Municipal Bond Advisors, Larry Kleeman and Beth Warren.

Federal Reserve officials have signaled they are likely to raise interest rates by 0.75 percentage point later this month, for the second straight meeting, as part of an aggressive effort to combat high inflation. Policy makers left the door open to a larger, full-percentage-point increase at the July 26-27 gathering. But some of them simultaneously poured cold water on the idea in recent interviews and public comments ahead of their premeeting quiet period, which began Saturday. Some officials pointed to signs that economic activity was softening as they raise rates at a historically brisk pace. “You don’t want to overdo the [...]