A budget forecast prepared by the Virginia House Appropriations Committee shows tightening financial constraints in 2026 —including a higher cap on state and local tax deductions — could result in the state's issuing bonds.
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The filing of a writ of mandamus with the state Supreme Court, comes a day after S&P revised its outlook on Otero County to negative.
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The Trump administration has helped usher cryptocurrency more into the mainstream as more states pass laws enabling them to invest and issue bonds backed by digital currency.
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The current lateral recruiting marketplace for public finance attorney talent is "highly competitive," according to Nixon Peabody's Julie Seymour.
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In this Market Intelligence analysis, Jeff Lipton warns that granting states access to Chapter 9 would be deeply disruptive, likely forcing muni yields higher and liquidity lower, while underscoring why states' legal protections and reserves still support strong willingness to pay.
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Market Intelligence analyst Jeff Lipton assigns a stable yet guarded view to airport bonds, highlighting how gateways and large hubs can outperform as fuel costs, travel demand and geopolitical risk evolve — while investors sharpen focus on leverage, rate recovery and cyber defenses.
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Market Intelligence analyst Jeff Lipton distills what he heard onstage and in the hallways at The Bond Buyer's 2026 National Outlook, from policy uncertainty and the muni tax exemption to AI's growing role and credit risk hotspots.
The bonds — $824.8 million tax-exempt and $400 million taxable — follow Orlando Health's major acquisitions of hospitals in Alabama and Florida.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain is allowing the continued examination of a count in which a trustee is challenging fees, and some proceeds, of pre-bankruptcy bonds.
Since 2011, the city has issued about $5.6 billion of debt, with the most issuance occurring in 2021 when it sold $785 million.
As bond issuers and the infrastructure industry ponder a post-BIL future, some look to Europe for how P3s and privatization could help spur investment and raise grades on the infrastructure report card.
The firm is expanding at its St. Louis headquarters, where it says it wants its sales professionals to be housed.
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Rep. Gwen Moore thinks HR 1628, the Public Pension Transparency Act introduced last week by Reps. Devin Nunes, Paul Ryan and Darrell Issa, proceeds from a false premise, which causes the bill to introduce opacity rather than transparency of disclosure into the market, and intrudes on state sovereignty and policy preferences in order to attack public workers and pensions.
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The timing of twin proposals by Rep. Devin Nunes and Messieurs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, which threatren state and local tax-exempt municipal bonds, could not have been worse.
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New issue bond activity for charter schools in the first quarter reflects diversity in both charter schools and issuance characteristics.
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Introducing The Bond Buyer's newest Muni Hall of Famers who will be honored at an awards dinner in Boston on Sept. 30, 2025.
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"I have been very fortunate to contribute to a fascinating sector of the financial industry that is full of ambiguous issues and data," said Tom Doe. "I am flattered to be included in the Hall of Fame, it is a wonderful capstone to my career."
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Over nearly 40 years, investment banker Diana Hoadley built a legacy of far-ranging vision and collaboration that left a trail of professional admirers.
"I love solving complicated problems faced by our local governmental clients," Leslie Bacon. "We come up with strategic solutions that have a real impact on our communities."
"The intersection between the public impact and the financial markets is unique and it brings a lot of good people to the same place. I really enjoy being a part of this community," Connor Benoit said.
Roosevelt & Cross president and executive director of public finance Elaine Brennan receives the 2025 Freda Johnson Award for the private sector.
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The $6.3 billion all-funds budget was amended in the wake of the Nov. 4 defeat of a property tax rate increase that would have raised $109.5 million in revenue.
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The deal would give the company time to seek additional equity, debt and federal funds.
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The railroad corporation's bond financing used a creative risk transfer approach to replace a crumbling cruise ship dock and terminal building.
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The long-awaited jobs report paints a mixed picture for market participants: nonfarm payrolls increased by a greater-than-expected119,000 in September, but the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%.
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Disruptions to air travel during the federal government shutdown has sharpened the focus on legislation that would divert funds from the Airport & Airway Trust Fund to pay salaries of air traffic controllers.
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Fippinger teamed up with co-authors Peg Henry and Ernesto Lanza for "The Securities Law of Public Finance (Fourth Edition)."
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ON-DEMAND VIDEOKC Mathews, executive vice president and chief market strategist at Commerce Trust breaks down the FOMC meeting.
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ON-DEMAND VIDEOPamela Frederick and Adam Barsky will share their views on the importance of the tax-exemption, how it benefits state and local governments, taxpayers, and U.S. retail investors -- and keeps the country competitive on a global scale.
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ON-DEMAND VIDEOGary Hall, President of the Infrastructure & Public Finance Division at Siebert Williams Shank & Co., joins Bond Buyer Executive Editor Lynne Funk to talk about the importance of the muni industry in financing the country's extensive infrastructure needs -- from ports and airports to bridges and energy solutions.
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