The Kansas City Chamber of Commerce this week endorsed a proposed $815 million light-rail plan along with a Nov. 4 ballot question seeking a three-eighths of a cent sales tax increase to fund it.
Members said the starter light-rail line would benefit the city economically and help launch a larger, regional public transit expansion.
The chamber opposed a prior sales tax increase question to fund light rail in 2001 over concerns that it would benefit too few for the price.
"Folloing recent yield moves, a generic muni index is now down 1% on the month with no real sub-sector showing much deviation from that result," said Kim Olsan, senior vice president of trading at FHN Financial.
The law firm revealed 2024 promotions.
As the nation's fourth largest city faces a growing structural budget deficit, it is also expecting to issue more than $3 billion of debt for its airport, water and sewer system, convention center, as well as to fund a settlement with firefighters and for cash-flow purposes.
The extension of the current solar net metering system could lower revenue for the utility.
The finance team is "marketing slices of risk" to raise money to refinance its debt, investors said.
John Fleming is pushing back against a proposal in the state Legislature to change the way the state Bond Commission oversees the issuance of debt by cities, counties and local governments and entities.
