Idaho

Moody’s Investors Service assigned a MIG 1 to $475 million in tax anticipation notes that Idaho plans to price June 24. The rating is Moody’s highest short-term rating.

Moody's Reinstates Aaa (sf) Rating for $2.1 million IHFA bonds that had been excluded from a rating by an administrative error.

Moody's Investors Service plans to downgrade $68 million of Idaho Housing & Finance Association's bonds from AAA to Aa1 (sf) on April 9 to coincide with a remarketing of the variable rate bonds to the variable-rate remarketed obligation mode.

Sales of municipal bonds in the Far West bucked the national trend in 2013 by rising from 2012, as new money swapped with refundings as the market driver in the region.

The Idaho Bond Bank Authority priced the largest competitive bond sale in its history and won good interest rates after healthy bidding, said advisor Cameron Arial of Zions Bank Public Finance.

Two Idaho Republican Senators are floating a proposal to repeal the state's sales tax on grocery food.

Idaho's Triple-A rated enhancement lessens the impact of a one-notch downgrade by Moody's Investors Service to a southeastern Idaho school district to A2 from A1.

With a better Fitch outlook, Regional Transportation Authority of Illinois will take bids on $106 million of general obligation bonds with officials hoping to benefit from an improving market for Illinois paper.

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter said he had changed his mind about prison privatization and said the Idaho Department of Correction should take over the troubled privately run Idaho Correctional Center.

The Idaho Housing and Finance Association plans to price the final $82 million of a multi-year series totaling $857 million in grant anticipation revenue vehicle bonds on Jan. 14, amid concern that the Highway Trust Fund that provides subsidies might be unsustainable.

Boise School Board President A.J. Balukoff joined the 2014 Idaho governor’s race, seeking to unseat incumbent C.L. “Butch” Otter.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded to A1 from Aa3 general obligation bonds of Kootenai County School No. 273 in Post Falls, Idaho, affecting $8.5 million in debt.

Sales of municipal bonds in the Far West region grew by almost 11% during the first half of 2013 compared to a year earlier as low rates continued to drive volume.

Idaho received a MIG1 rating, the best quality short-term rating, from Moody's Investors Service, ahead of plans to price $500 million in tax anticipation notes on June 25.

Moody's Investors Service on Monday downgraded the general obligation bonds of Boise County School District No. 73's general obligation bonds to Ba1 from Baa1.

Twin Falls, Idaho, plans to close Thursday on a $34.5 million privately placed bond to fund new infrastructure to support greek yogurt manufacture Chobani's new $450 million plant there.

Sales of municipal bonds in the Far West region grew by almost a quarter in 2012 compared to a year ago, spurred by record low interest rates that led to an increase in refinancing.

Facing a $4.3 million deficit and courting insolvency, Idaho's Nampa School District No. 131 is seeking a judge's approval to borrow up to $4.3 million to cover the shortfall.

J.R. Simplot received an Aa2 long-term rating from Moody's Investors Service ahead of plans to price $45 million in bonds on Dec. 28 through the Industrial Development Corp. of Power County, Idaho.

The Idaho Bond Bank Authority achieved $9.6 million in savings on two bond deals totaling $85.3 million in new money and refundings for 11 cities across the state.