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"We're going to be opportunistic based on what the market conditions are and what the interest rate environment is," said Ben Watkins, director of the Florida Division of Bond Finance. "We like to be like Boy Scouts — we always want to be prepared."

The deal comes following several toll increases — which have bolstered the authority's credit — that have also compelled a state senator to introduce a bill that would dissolve the authority.

In her State of the County address, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava unveiled plans to invest in housing, septic to sewer conversions, flood prevention, parks and other infrastructure.

The fiscal 2025 budget Jim Justice laid out in his final State of the State address contains tax credits for senior citizens and families with young children.

The trend toward paying down debt, as opposed to tender offers or refundings, to save money cuts across Red state/Blue state lines. New Jersey retired $500 million of debt to produce $160 million of savings.

Katz is well known for guiding operational improvement and expense control in the financial services sector, his new employer said.

"The upgrade reflects an expected continuation of very strong and consistent operating performance and revenue growth," Moody's said.

Mr. Laverty spent most of his life living and working in New York City as a municipal bond underwriter for several Wall Street firms.

"Hiring Giles along with other senior and experienced hires over the last year demonstrates our deep commitment to public finance at a time when our competitors are laying off in droves or retrenching from the sector entirely," said Suzanne Shank, president and CEO of Siebert Williams Shank.

Brian Kemp said the budget proposals fund more than $1.8 billion for capital programs "without issuing a single additional dollar in general obligation debt."

"Some have called on us to use our rainy-day fund to cover asylum seeker needs. We do not agree and neither do our city and state comptrollers as well as the bond rating agencies and fiscal experts," said NYC Mayor Eric Adams.

The 2025 state budget would provided $2.4 billion to New York City to pay for the costs of caring for a rising influx of migrants, which includes taking $500 million from reserves.

Proceeds from the PMT green bond sale will be used to finance transit and commuter projects that have been approved in the N.Y. MTA's capital programs.

Tourism raised $35.2 billion in taxes in 2022, consisting of $18.9 billion in federal tax revenue, $8.1 billion in state tax revenue and $8.2 billion in local tax receipts, according to a report.

Affordable housing expert Marian Zucker retired on Dec. 1 as head of S&P Global Rating's housing group after over 40 years of working in the public and private sectors of the municipal bond industry.

"It is a torpedo into one of the safest, most secure pension systems in the United States, if not the world," said North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell.

John Fleming, a four-term congressman and former Trump administration official, took office as state treasurer. Jeff Landry of the GOP was sworn in as governor.

"It is not surprising that we have witnessed — and continue to witness — a great migration of Americans away from cities and states pursuing failed policies, with Florida serving as a refuge for freedom and sanity," Gov. Ron DeSantis said.

After this week's sale, the state intends to issue another series of refunding bonds in February in connection with a potential tender offer for taxable GOs and a current refunding of some tax-exempt GOs.

"The work done by our agency often focuses on the long-term," said Connecticut State Treasurer Erick Russell.