Northeast

Through three quarters municipal bond issuers are coming to market more frequently than they did during the same period of 2018, as low rates and yields are too good to pass up and demand for muni bonds is closing in on an all-time high.

Greater Nanticoke Area School District has posted a legal notice of plans to float bonds in an amount "not to exceed" $17.5 million, to be used for "advanced refunding of the school district's outstanding general obligation bond." The move is projected to save about $600,000.

New approaches to an often a vexing chore for muni issuers could break new ground in confronting climate change.

Fitch Ratings upgraded the district to BB-plus from BB-minus.

Siebert Williams Shank & Co. will leverage each minority- and women-owned firm’s experience and industry positions.

A lease agreement between Newark, New Jersey, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will help fund debt service for the pipe replacements.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s increased its long-range capital plan by about $5 billion to $37 billion, while raising tolls, rents and fees.

The legal teams for Baltimore and Philadelphia asked the court to reject the banks’ plausibility argument as well as their claim that the suit is barred by a four-year statute of limitations.

Moody’s Investors Service placed Rochester’s Aa3 issuer and general obligation limited tax rating on review for downgrade.

Mismanagement of real-property related taxes may be shortchanging an MTA revenue stream, said city Comptroller Scott Stringer.