Organization Root Tag

The GFOA Debt Committee is working on issuing a similar Libor advisory in advisory in January or February.

California overcame a legal challenge to use bond authority to provide housing for homeless people suffering from mental illness.

Pinned into a corner from the economic effects of COVID-19, the mass transit agency tapped its remaining amount available through the Municipal Liquidity Facility, which expires at year's end.

Wisconsin will use new pools for negotiated transactions starting next year

As co-director of the Enforcement Division, Stephanie Avakian oversaw charges the SEC made against municipal bond “flipping” schemes.

Hawaii's governor announced that state employees would be furloughed two days a month; the state sold $750 million of GO bonds in October to fund operations.

Bid list volume is trending higher into the end of the year, but its share as measured against overall high demand does not pose much of a threat, analysts say. Refinitiv Lipper reports $992 million of inflows.

The largest tranche of the deal, $706 million with a 5% coupon in 2047, yielded 4.15%, a 275 basis point spread over triple-A paper.

The Department of Justice filed a federal complaint alleging conditions at Alabama prisons violate the constitution, as the state continues to negotiate public-private partnerships to build three lockups.

The twin ports of Southern California, in Long Beach and Los Angeles, both reported record numbers this fall.

Bridge funding from a lame-duck Congress could help plug operating deficits and stave off doomsday measures, agency leaders insist.

Conduit issuer Trust for Cultural Resources for the City of New York will issue the $77 million green transaction.

The state attorney general is asking the court to clarify the legal standard for denying taxpayer actions and decide if the state constitution limits GO borrowing to capital purposes.

Muni benchmarks were steady while new deals re-priced to lower yields in a tale of two markets. ICI reported more inflows.

The $5.35 billion transaction being recognized by The Bond Buyer as Midwest Deal of the Year met a series of state goals.

Ma says the group is committed to developing a more inclusive economy and society

Task forces studying three proposed toll road projects failed to conclude if there is a need for the new corridors or modifications of existing roads.

The $6.8 million, three-year agreement with IBM includes hardware, software and services to design, install, operate and maintain a cyber center that will connect all the port's users to the system.

Juan Carlos Blanco has a background in law, finance, and government service.

Predictably, the rating agency cited COVID-19 effects in its downgrade to AA-minus from AA.