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Analysts unsure about the impact of the firings on bondholders.

The federal government didn't have enough influence in the resulting haircuts to the COFINA bondholders for it to be liable for their losses, the court said.

The agency cited the permanent raise to the rum tax cover for the improved outlook.

The funds have net assets of around $187 million.

Midwest municipal bond volume surged more than 29% year-over-year to $46.05 billion for the first half of 2025.

The state is expected to pursue a TIFIA loan instead of toll revenue bonds.

Would-be underwriters of the general obligation bonds will be able to see where they've been ranked among all the bids, and to improve their bid accordingly.

Auditor General Frank Mautino said the delay was due largely to $1.2 billion erroneously collected from pharmaceutical companies that had to be addressed.

Doe announced his decision to hand over the day-to-day duties to his partners in a client email on Friday.

Municipal issuers in the Northeast sold $72.25 billion of bonds in the first half of 2025, up 14.7% year-over-year, propelled by new money and GO deals.

The trustees of the University of Pennsylvania entered into a $300 million loan this month as part of a broad strategy to ensure access to liquidity.

The rating agency cited the MTA's congestion pricing program, ridership recovery, healthy liquidity levels, and continued state support for the higher rating.

The ultimately unrealized threat to the municipal bond tax-exemption and infrastructure needs were among the drivers of bond sales.

The 10-campus public university system apparently scrapped plans to price $1.5 billion in debt this week.

Attorneys with expertise in municipal disclosure say issuers who land on the list of "sanctuary" jurisdictions need to at minimum do an analysis of how it may impact their obligations.

It's the latest attack on one of the nation's largest infrastructure projects that has long been the focus of Republican ire.

RBC Capital Markets will be the underwriter for the bonds, which will have a maximum maturity of 40 years.

Dan Hartman of PFM attributed the drop to fewer prepaid gas deals, one-time large transactions last year like Jefferson County's and normal timing variations.

Hastedt says the city plans two bond sales this fall.

The state will charge active employees higher salary-based health plan premiums to avoid a near-term $1.3 billion deficit.

The proposed $1.3 billion arena would be financed with city revenue bonds, along with county taxes, subject to voter approval, and a team contribution.

"Annette's expertise and experience add an important new dimension to our already strong Texas K-12 public finance team," Ajay Thomas, FHN Financial's head of public finance, said.

A lawsuit seeks to force the Texas city to reword its Nov. 4 property tax rate hike proposition to correct "misleading" language.

Bond sales in the eight-state region totaled $54.9 billion, trailing the nation with an 8.1% gain year-over-year as Texas issuance slipped 7.6%.