The Dec. 19 issue of The Bond Buyer contained wrong information on a $210 million bond issue to finance student loans in Louisiana that was approved by the Louisiana Bond Commission. The proceeds will be provided to the Louisiana Education Loan Authority, which is a subsidiary of the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority. The president and chief executive officer of the LPFA is James W. Parks 2d, who was misidentified in the story.
The new-issue calendar is led by Washington with $1.3 billion of GOs selling by competitive bid in three series.
A trio of current and former Alaska lawmakers presented views differing from the governor's on how to solve the state's budget red ink.
Kutak Rock warns tax attorneys about the Internal Revenue Service doing compliance checks as opposed to formal audits on certain multifamily bond issues as tax season is expected to add more stress to an understaffed agency.
The rating agency cited weak operating results and high leverage.
Piper Sandler will price $100 million of electric revenue bonds for Iowa public utility Muscatine Power and Water on Wednesday.
Longer-term bonds could ease financial pressure for Sound Transit's $54 billion long-range plans.
