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Illinois published its fiscal 2019 financial results Thursday as strains from the coronavirus pandemic loom large over fiscal 2020 and 2021.

A range of technical issues — from month-end accounting and financing to spread widening, price volatility and the coronavirus impact on businesses and the economy — spurred a tone of relative quiet in Thursday's trade.

S&P revised its outlook on Detroit's speculative grade rating to negative from stable Thursday as COVID-19 clouds the city's fiscal prospects.

April finished with $23.7 billion of issuance, a 15% decline from the $27.9 billion in April 2019. Volatility from the pandemic has caused erratic swings in benchmark yields, resulting in the lowest muni volume total in the month since 2011.

Thursday’s jobless claims at 3.839 million, weaker income and spending data show COVID-19 continues to dampen economic activity.

California's response to COVID-19 became a factor in Verity Health System's Chapter 11 proceedings.

Broker-dealers oppose a proposed change to MSRB's governance rule that would reserve two seats for municipal advisors.

Public finance has changed a lot since the Great Depression, so a repeat of that era’s default experience is not preordained even if this contraction matches the worst predictions.

S&P Global Ratings follows Moody's Investors Service in revising state’s credit outlook downward on revenue losses from COVID-19 pandemic.

The mass transit authority cannot tap the Municipal Liquidity Facility directly, chief financial officer Robert Foran said.