New Hampshire

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.

Nashua, N.H., will save almost $2 million on the bonds that paid for building its North and South high schools eight years ago, Mayor Donnalee Lozeau announced.

New Hampshire plans to sell $100 million of general obligation capital improvement bonds Thursday through competitive bid.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed its long-term triple-A rating on Dartmouth College bonds issued by the New Hampshire Health and Education Facilities Authority, while assigning a stable outlook.

The New Hampshire Higher Education Loan Corp. has scheduled a sale of $522.6 million of taxable student loan-backed notes for this week.

New Hampshire state revenue in July dropped by $6.6 million from the same month in 2010, to $86.3 million, the Department of Administrative Services said.

Gov. John Lynch on Friday let the state's budget become law without his signature. "This is not a budget I can endorse," Lynch, a Democrat, said two days after the Republican-controlled legislature approved the $10.2 billion, two-year spending plan.

Gov. John Lynch on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have stripped the New Hampshire Rail Authority of many powers, including the ability to issue bonds.

New Hampshire's House and Senate agreed late Thursday afternoon on a $10.3 billion budget for fiscal 2012 and 2013, after talks had broken off the previous night.

A bill that would reduce the powers of the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority and strip it of its ability to issue bonds is headed to Gov. John Lynch.

A New Hampshire legislative commission last week found that tobacco securitization was one option that could generate $60 million to monetize state assets in the current fiscal year, but it failed to garner enough support from members to be recommended.

New Hampshire Thursday will enter the market with its ­first-ever Garvee sale, a $77.1 million deal that includes $60 ­million of taxable recovery zone economic development bonds.

New Hampshire Wednesday plans to issue $150 million of tax-exempt general obligation bonds via competitive bid in the state’s annual new-money sale.