The House oversight subcommittee hearing was titled "Virtue Signaling vs. Vital Services."
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A congressional budget impasse is leading toward a stopgap funding measure via a continuing resolution which could solve a budget shortage in the District of Columbia.
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Walter O'Connor's decades-long tenure as a municipal bond portfolio manager at BlackRock will come to an end next year.
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Ohio politicians are racing to deliver relief as a citizens group gathers signatures for a November 2026 ballot initiative to end property taxes in the state.
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By the close, muni yields were bumped up to four basis points, depending on the curve, while UST yields rose two to five basis points.
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Bond attorneys are eyeballing the possibility of attaching a tax title to the surface transportation reauthorization that could include issues of great interest to the municipal bond community as the appropriations process remains stuck in first gear.
The White House said it will appeal a circuit court ruling allowing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook to remain on the central bank board while her lawsuit challenging her dismissal is litigated.
Infrastructure like vertiports may be financed with municipal bonds.
At The Bond Buyer's Buy-Side Summit, panelists from BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Invesco, and BAM Mutual explore how demand for customization, transparency, and active strategies is transforming the muni fund landscape.
Introducing The Bond Buyer's newest class of Rising Stars, who will be honored at an awards dinner in Boston on Sept. 30, 2025.
In this panel from The Bond Buyer's July 31 Virtual Summit, "The Shifting Muni Buy-Side," experts explore how volatility, tariffs, and reduced federal support are transforming municipal credit and attracting new forms of private capital.
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.
The rating agency's review was triggered by the city's move to effectively end plans for a seawater desalination project that has $235 million of bonds outstanding.
This year's portfolio growth will save the city $2.18 billion over the next five years, Comptroller Brad Lander said.
Moody's cited continued liquidity improvements in the ratings lift for the northern California clean energy aggregator.
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The rating agency cited New Jersey's "robust budgetary surplus" while continuing to make actuarially based pension contributions.
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Andrew Nakahata will replace Scott Wu as executive director and CEO less than a year after joining the organization.
September 16
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Despite the expected rate cut, analysts will be watching the Federal Open Market Committee's actions for other reasons.
September 16
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Utilities, and the local governments and states that house data centers, are wrestling with policy questions about who should cover the costs of the projected spikes in water and electricity demand.
September 16
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The Senate voted 48 to 47 to confirm Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve Board, just ahead of the central bank's rate setting committee meeting.
September 15
