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Oregon transportation bond payments protected even if tax repeal succeeds, rating agencies say.

Green will focus full-time on Democracy Solutions, a firm he launched in March 2024.

Municipal bond issuers are on tap to sell about $6 billion of new issues in early January, but there should be plenty of money from maturing issues and interest payments to easily absorb that amount, as well as volume going forward, says Kim Olsan, senior fixed income portfolio manager at NewSquare Capital.

Advocates for improving inland port infrastructure in the House and Senate are pushing bipartisan bills aimed at funneling more dollars from the Port Infrastructure Development Program to facilities on the Great Lakes as opposed to East and West coasts.

Fitch Ratings downgraded Nebraska's Regional West Health Services by two notches, lowering its long-term issuer default rating to CCC from B-minus.

The California High Speed Rail Authority's focus has shifted to state funds and private capital.

A lawyer for the bondholders said a majority support the proposed treatment of the $61 million of outstanding bonds.

The Glenwood-Lynwood Public Library District was four weeks late on a Dec. 1 debt service payment amid delays to Cook County property tax billing.

When Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed property tax reform bills, there was hope in Columbus it would appease voters who backed a push to abolish property taxes.

The Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes showed the decision was closer than the vote indicated, with "a few" voters suggesting they would have supported no change at the meeting.