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As summer beckons, it's time for a reporters' roundtable with some of the Bond Buyer's senior staff. Yvette Shields, Karen Pierog, Keeley Webster and Thomas Nocera talk with Chip Barnett about what's hot in their regions and what municipal bond market participants should expect to see in the months ahead. (25 minutes)
June 7 -
Coordinated national efforts to share firefighters and other resources could be stretched thin this year as drought hammers the West.
May 17 -
Oregon State Hospital's Junction City campus has three months to correct problems after an investigation revealed lax supervision.
May 11 -
New York Dormitory Authority school bonds and Northwell Health priced and upsized, while Wisconsin and Oregon offered general obligation bonds. Analysts say municipal curves are oversold, creating a buying opportunity.
May 10 -
Munis again outperformed U.S. Treasuries. Participants note that municipal to Treasury ratios and nominal yield levels are “extremely attractive,” which is generating some renewed interest among the retail crowd.
May 6 -
An appeals court ruled the state won't have to pay $1.2 billion in total damages in a forest management lawsuit.
April 29 -
The Fitch Ratings upgrade to A-plus applies to $80 million in debt issued for the University of Portland in Oregon.
April 12 -
Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read called off a lottery bond sale planned in 2020 after lottery revenues cratered because of pandemic-related business closures.
April 7 -
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown called the availability of the surplus "a pivotal moment" for the state.
February 22 -
Between unspent money from last year and excess revenues, Oregon lawmakers have nearly $1 billion of extra money to spend.
February 11