Colorado

Municipal bond issuers in the Southwest sold $90.8 billion of debt in 2021, down 3.2% from 2020 as lost refunding volume outpaced a gain in new-money sales.

The broker-dealer has added several people to a team that specializes in land-based municipal bond transactions.

The Marshall Fire burned 6,000 acres in 24 hours and destroyed more than 1,000 homes in suburban Boulder County between Denver and Boulder.

Emerging from the worst crisis since the 9/11 attacks, U.S. airports are continuing their record pace of construction.

Seven of Colorado-based Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association's member utilities are considering an exit.

Recovering from a failed public private partnership, Denver International Airport has finished the first phase of its "Great Hall" project ahead of schedule.

Developers of a $240 million hotel at the U.S. Air Force Academy Visitors Center in Colorado Springs are appealing to investors with an appetite for risk.

Municipal bond volume in the Southwest region increased in the first half of 2021 as its seven other states more than made up for a decline in Texas.

Colorado lawmakers are creating government enterprises and using fees instead of taxes to fund transportation.

The Investment Company Institute reported another week of inflows, but at a lower clip than recent weeks with $541 million coming into municipal bond mutual funds.

Colorado lawmakers are working on a $5 billion funding proposal for transportation; this week's $500 million debt issue targets immediate needs.

After facing outside economic data pressures and rising U.S. Treasuries, municipals ended the week on solid footing ahead of a larger calendar with newly upgraded Connecticut leading with $1 billion of exempt and taxable GOs.

With help from a flood of federal funding, Colorado lawmakers were able to restore funds lost in the pandemic.

Anticipating a flood of funding from President Biden's infrastructure plan, states are positioning for an expansion of broadband to rural and underserved areas.

S&P Global downgrades Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association to BBB-plus amid plans to reduce coal consumption and lower costs for members.

Newman, who died in November at 87, played a key role in public finance in Colorado's boom years.

Denver is selling $274 million of dedicated tax bonds in a deal to fund projects at the National Western Stock Show complex and Colorado Convention Center.

They assumed their jobs over the past year in the face of a pandemic, civil unrest and financial uncertainties, and in an industry often set in its ways.

The $125 million deal from the Colorado Housing Finance Authority carries a third-party social bond opinion from Kestrel Verifiers.

Facing resistance from the local investor-owned utility, the Colorado college town ended its bid to form a municipal utility and signed a new franchise deal.