North Carolina

Despite market volatility, the North Carolina Retirement Systems reported second quarter assets were valued higher than before the state’s COVID-19 shutdown.

Dale Folwell is recovering from the virus at home after spending five days in a North Carolina hospital.

Dan DiSalvo, a Manhattan Institute senior fellow, explains how the state provides a model for tackling other post-employment benefits liability. Paul Burton hosts.

Refundings and taxable deals were also up substantially, driving the region to $75 billion of municipal bond volume, up 32.6% from 2018.

County and school leaders need to decide by this summer, at the very latest, if they will seek voters' permission this year to issue bonds to pay for school construction.

Transportation Secretary James Trogdon says Dale Folwell's allegations of overspending are unsupported.

One of the nation's top P3 partners sees more opportunity in states where it has existing relationships with transportation agencies.

Hurricane Dorian is menacing the U.S. East Coast with devastating flooding and winds.

Two Virgin Trains USA deals from Florida helped push the region's volume up 9.8% over last year, making it one of only two regions to sell more bonds.

Flannery, current deputy chief financial officer for Chicago, will begin her new job in North Carolina June 10.

High Point plans to take on a new round of debt to finance several water and sewer projects.

The city of Fayetteville will ask a state agency for permission to borrow millions of dollars to pay for additional costs associated with a new Segra baseball stadium and downtown parking garage.

The House speaker wants a $2 billion school bond bill to fund capital needs, but the Senate's leader wants a pay-as-you-go approach.

The surge in gas deals couldn’t overcome the region’s sharp decline in refundings, which led to an overall 22.6% volume decline.

The tax cap, and a voter ID measure, are unconstitutional because the state legislature is illegally racially gerrymandered, a Wake County judge ruled.

Fayetteville property owners would see a tax increase under a proposal put forth by city staff to fund a wide range of public safety projects, to include new fire stations and a 911 call center.

The southern regional banks wouldn't say what will happen with their capital financing divisions when their merger closes.

Pension and other retirement benefits still pose a stiff challenge, the organization said in its annual report card on the states.

Alabama-based Burr & Forman will gain McNair's significant public finance presence in South Carolina.

Voters in three states approved Medicaid expansion, highlighting dozens of ballot measures around the country that will impact budgets and credit.