Regional News

The U.S. Virgin Islands WAPA said the Public Service Commission's reduction of electric rates jeopardizes its ability to pay bills and provide electric service.

Whether PREPA can pay the administrative expense claim doesn't affect its validity, the bond parties said.

Observers say a bankruptcy by Genera PR could complicate the PREPA bankruptcy.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board asked Judge Laura Taylor Swain to rule now and move quickly to disclosure and confirmation hearings.

Soon after it sold $687.3 million of bonds, Chicago returned to market with $82.55 million for housing and economic development in a deal set to close Monday.

Indiana's Senate Enrolled Act 1 raises questions about local income tax-backed bonds, appearing to lack protections for bondholders as currently written.

After a special legislative session, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed legislation authorizing state-backed bonds for stadiums to keep teams in Missouri.

Cook County faces a general fund budget gap of $102.6 million in 2026, and many grants are at risk under the new White House and Republican-controlled Congress.

Continued state and city support for the MTA's capital projects was the primary driver for Moody's Ratings upgrade to A2.

The addition is part of a push to expand the firm's presence in New York public finance, Jonathan Ballan told The Bond Buyer.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's congestion pricing tolls not only reduced traffic congestion in Manhattan, but also in New Jersey, a report says.

The bonds will help fund the agency's capital improvement plan.

Oregon's Senate president altered the make-up of the transportation committee to get the massive tax bill passed.

Washington and Oregon are still nailing down the final cost and toll rates for the long-planned replacement for the aging spans carrying I-5 across the river.

A growing rainy-day fund helped Alaska win a Moody's Ratings upgrade, bringing the state's issuer and general obligation bond ratings to Aa2 from Aa3.

Even before January's fires in Los Angeles, change-of-address data shows residential moves based on fire risks and insurance availability.

The ratings agency said fund balances had declined as a percent of operating revenues and are expected to decline further.

The first public bond issue from Everglades College, Inc., will finance projects on the institution's Keiser University flagship campus in West Palm Beach.

New guidelines require local governments to receive the state's comptroller's approval before issuing debt with variable interest rates, put options, or interest rate reset options.

The archdiocese allegedly backed away from repeated promises bond parties would be paid in full, they said.

Hays County's Nov. 5 election for nearly $440 million of bonds, which won voter approval, was voided by a state judge due to an open meetings act violation.

The $247.75 million of unrated tax-exempt bonds will finance public infrastructure and projects for an initial development on state-owned land.

Under the agreement, the NBA's Thunder will play for at least 25 years in an arena that will be largely financed by a sales tax revenue bond sale later this year.

K-12 public schools get a $55 per-student increase in the state basic allotment, while other funding is allocated to specific purposes.