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Children were the organizing principle of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's sixth State of the State and budget address Wednesday, which called for a balanced budget.
February 21
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Policymakers appear to be concerned about the possibility of cutting interest rates too soon, according to minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee's Jan. 30-31 meeting, released Wednesday.
February 21
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The funds will go through State Drinking Water and Clean Water Revolving Funds, which states often use together with municipal bonds to finance projects.
February 21
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Larger deals, fewer issues: those were the overarching municipal bond sale trends, along with a surge in tax-exempt deals, across the Midwest in 2023.
February 21
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The top five bond financings have an average dollar volume of nearly $1.5 billion.
February 21
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Pensions funds are increasingly investing in riskier asset classes, with more than half their investments in 2022 in these, according to some estimates.
February 21
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"With the new economic data signaling a delay of the Fed starting rate cuts to further into the year, we should continue to see yields rise until we get near to the Fed's target of a 2% 'neutral' rate for inflation," said Jason Wong, vice president of municipals at AmeriVet Securities.
February 20
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The Federal Railroad Administration plans to make formal recommendations to Congress this spring.
February 20
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A private university in Milwaukee will borrow $163.7 million through tax-exempt bonds to build new emergency response facilities for the state and county.
February 20
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Robert Poole, a leading expert in the U.S. public-private partnership transportation sector, joins infrastructure reporter Caitlin Devitt to talk about upcoming deals including toll lanes and bridges in the Southeast and high speed rail in the West as well as states that are advancing P3s and action on the federal front. (37 minutes)
February 20
