New Hampshire

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.

States and municipalities in the Northeast sold $58.9 billion of debt in 1,062 issues during the first six months of 2010, eking out a 2% increase over the first half of 2009.

New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch last week signed a $3.62 billion 10-year transportation plan into law.

New Hampshire Wednesday will refund approximately $170 million of general obligation debt to generate savings as the state works towards filling a $140 million budget gap for ­fiscal 2010 and 2011.

The New Hampshire Turnpike System this week will come to market with its first new-money issuance in 10 years with a $218.1 million revenue bond transaction that includes taxable Build America Bonds.