New Hampshire

Issuers in the Northeast sold almost $44.3 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2013, according to Thomson Reuters data, down more than 25% from the same period a year earlier.

Soon after a New Hampshire authority became the first issuer to withdraw from the Internal Revenue Service's voluntary closing agreement program for student loan bonds, the IRS initiated an audit of $135.4 million of adjustable rate education loan revenue bonds it issued in 2011.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Manchester's general obligation bonds to Aa2 from Aa1.

A New Hampshire issuer appears to be the first student loan issuer to withdraw from the Internal Revenue Service's voluntary closing agreement program to settle a tax law dispute over some of the $135.4 million of adjustable-rate education loan revenue bonds it issued in 2011.

The New Hampshire legislature approved a two-year budget Wednesday authorizing the sale of up to $193.5 million in new money bonds and notes.

The New Hampshire legislature is poised to adopt a two-year budget after a committee of legislators from both houses passed a $10.7 billion plan.

Standard & Poor's has raised its rating of Concord's general obligation debt to AA-plus from AA due to robust operating results.

New Hampshire government should pay off a $372,000 deficit in a capital fund used for paying bond interest and principal, New Hampshire Treasurer Catherine Provencher said.

Fitch Ratings dropped Manchester, N.H.'s airport revenue bonds to BBB-plus from A-minus.

After 132 years of Republican domination, New Hampshire has quietly shifted into generally Democratic control over the last few years.

A bill to allow New Hampshire towns to establish contingency funds is advancing in the New Hampshire General Court.

New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan proposed the state government authorize the sale of $195 million in bonds in the next two fiscal years.

After falling less than the national bond market in 2011, the Northeast bounced back less than that market in 2012.

A new governor taking over should not affect New Hampshire's bond sales, said state Treasurer Catherine Provencher.

The New Hampshire Health and Education Facilities Authority has proposed paying the Internal Revenue Service an undisclosed payment under the voluntary closing agreement program to settle tax law issues with $135.4 million of adjustable rate education loan revenue bonds it issued in 2011.

The New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank is expected to sell $40 million of bonds on Tuesday to fund loans to the state's local governments.

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is expected to sell $810 million of refunding bonds in the week's largest municipal bond sale.

New Hampshire will return to the market with Garvee bonds for the second time in two years as work to widen Interstate 93 continues.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed its AAA rating on $92.8 million of Series 2003 variable-rate demand bonds and $101 million of Series 2002 VRDBs issued by the New Hampshire Health and Education Facilities Authority.

Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook to negative from stable on Manchester, N.H.’s airport revenue bonds.