The legislature, which returns to respond to recent floods, could also take up bills to curb local property taxes, including bills aimed at bond issuance.
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The primary market saw "decent subscriptions" last week, but the entire primary calendar came at "healthy concessions to where evals had been marked on existing bonds," Birch Creek strategists said.
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The county comes to market on the strength of its recovery, according to the county's financial advisor.
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Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon, a Republican, has penned a "Dear Colleague" letter asking lawmakers to publicly support tax-exempt municipal bonds.
Seventeen states now allow or are considering legislation that allows reserve funds to be invested into cryptocurrency while sixteen are moving towards allowing crypto investments in their pension funds.
New York Power Authority CFO Adam Barsky and Battery Park City Authority CFO Pamela Frederick join The Bond Buyer's Lynne Funk to unpack the far-reaching consequences of eliminating, reducing, or limiting the federal tax exemption for municipal bonds.
The top five bond financings have an average dollar volume of more than $917 million.
Red state-blue state battles have complicated ESG issuance even as the muni market strives to make it an accepted asset class. The Bond Buyer's Lynne Funk, Karen Pierog, Chip Barnett and Keeley Webster discuss how it's playing out nationally and regionally.
Caine Mitter & Associates and RBC Capital Markets moved into the top 10, while Piper Sandler & Co. and Kaufman Hall & Associates were bumped to the top 15.
The steady demand for municipal bonds in high-risk areas underscores the complex relationship between climate change and financial markets.
Oppenheimer's Head of Public Finance Beth Coolidge and Columbus Auditor Megan Kilgore delve into the future of public finance and human infrastructure on a wide range of topics, from affordable housing and workforce development to public health, climate resiliency, and digital access.
As extreme weather events occur with more frequency across the country, Michael Gaughan, executive director of the Vermont Bond Bank, says municipal bond banks can help smaller communities deal with the effects of them. Gaughan speaks with The Bond Buyer's Lynne Funk on the effects of climate change and how the various levels of government can work together to address it.
Ed Koch, the late mayor of New York, used to ask residents "How am I doin' ?" The Citizens Budget Commission plans to do that this fall with a survey.
The House Financial Services Committee grilled SEC chief Gary Gensler Wednesday.
Republican-led states sued over the rule, arguing in part that it would injure states like Wyoming that depend on tax revenue from fossil fuel industries.
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The megabill now heads to the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson said a vote could come as soon as Wednesday.
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Reduced ridership, political backlash, and zero-fare agencies are challenging transit system finances.
July 1
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"I think your first question to them should be 'Are you from the future?,'" the deputy director of the SEC's Office of Municipal Securities said.
July 1
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Issuance this year has been "relentless" since the start of the year, while historically the "new-issue machine" takes a while to get rolling, said Scott Diamond, co-head of AM Municipal Fixed Income at Goldman Sachs.
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Questions over what to disclose in the bond document's risk section has concerned issuers for years, through issues like the pandemic to climate change, and now potential federal funding cuts.
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