City of Chicago, IL

The short-end of the municipal bond market is rich relative to U.S. Treasury and corporate bonds, says J.R. Rieger.

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s $500 million offering tops the week's muni tote board.

Weekly bond volume is forecast to jump to $6.3 billion from a revised total of $2.3 billion this week.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday said he will not seek re-election next year.

The Rahm Emanuel administration told aldermen that a POB could save $6 billion and ease future tax and fee hikes.

Citi's assessment is conditioned on pension obligation bonds being part of a package to tackle the city's pension liabilities.

Volume was off in eight of the region's 11 states in the wake of tax reform and the end of advance refundings.

Chicago is accepting request for qualification submissions to supplement the members of its existing pools.

The city will sell them this year if Rahm Emanuel's administration decides to move forward.

Short term gains would be overshadowed by long-term risks, according to Municipal Market Analytics.

Bond investors had mixed reactions to the city's announcement that it is exploring a pension bond deal.

Securitization or pension obligation bonds are options for the city.

Moody's shifted the outlook on RTA and CTA's $5 billion of debt as Chicago and Illinois outlooks stabilize

CFO Carole Brown says the Windy City is being shortchanged in terms of ratings and yields.

Moody's revised the outlook on $3 billion of Chicago parks, water and sewer bonds to stable.

Chicago's 2017 CAFR offers deep dive into Chicago's fiscal gains and deeper strains.

CPS inches up speculative grade credit ladder, which in turn helps garner Chicago a stable outlook.

Roosevelt University said its goal is to balance the budget by fiscal 2020.

The water and wastewater deals will finance upgrades of the two systems.

The department's chief procurement officer, Jamie Rhee, will replace Ginger Evans.