Tennessee

In a special session that starts Monday, the Tennessee General Assembly will decide whether to offer limited liability protection from coronavirus claims from employees.

The Volunteer State reported a nearly 16% decline in revenues in April, much of which was due to stay-at-home orders and delayed tax filings.

Signs of an economic downturn appeared in April revenue collections, said Tennessee's Finance and Administration Commissioner Butch Eley.

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

The city of Crossville wants to save on interest costs on approximately $28.1 million in debt.

The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority prices $807.7 million in subordinate bonds Thursday for the capital plan.

The state of Tennessee and its school bond authority will be issue $350 million of highly rated new money bonds this month and next.

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.