Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Title III bankruptcy Judge Laura Taylor Swain ruled that the Puerto Rico Oversight Board didn’t have the power to replace the leader of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.

The Title III Puerto Rico bankruptcy judge will hear arguments Monday on the Puerto Rico Oversight Board’s motion to replace the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s leader.

The municipal market will get another healthy dose of issuance in the final full week before Thanksgiving. The calendar is chock full of deals from Illinois, as all issuers look to price bonds before the tax laws change.

Municipal bonds were markedly weaker at midday as market participants remain fixated on the newly released Senate tax reform proposal and how it compares with the House version.

Municipal bond market participants are scanning the news closely for details of tax reform provisions that affect them.

Though Federal assistance may have helped lessen the impact of Hurricane Maria, analysts said there are still "plenty of reasons to worry" about the government's ability to function.

The chair of the House committee that oversees Puerto Rico said after Hurricane Maria a "stronger mechanism" is needed to ensure Puerto Rico's recovery.

Creditor groups have come down on both sides of a hedge fund's constitutional attack on the PROMESA oversight board.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board plans to shorten its fiscal plans to five years from 10 while still seeking structural balance,

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board will discuss revising the commonwealth government’s and its semi-autonomous entities’ fiscal plans Tuesday morning.

Municipals were firmer on Monday, as market participants awaited the week's first issues from Montgomery County, Md., and Phoenix.

Municipal bonds were little changed in midday activity as the market gets ready to see nearly $7 billion of new paper.

Municipals were little changed in early activity as the market gets ready to see almost $7 billion of new paper come its way this week, led by issuers from Virginia and Maryland.

Municipals bonds are little changed in early activity as the market eyes next week’s new issue calendar, which is topped by big offerings from Virginia and Maryland Issuers.

Municipal bond veteran Paula Dagen will join the Northeast public finance group.

Judge Laura Taylor Swain promised to release Wednesday a consensus-based order on the legal status of Puerto Rico’s post-hurricane federal aid.

Creditors are at odds with the island government over the conditions on federal hurricane disaster aid.

The board authorized Kobre & Kim to issue the subpoenas, as long as certain conditions, including the start of a "formal" investigation, had been met.

The primary muni market is set another busy week with $10 billion in new paper, as one deal from Illinois accounts almost half of the negotiated calendar.

Municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, according to traders, who are looking ahead to the next week's $10 billion new issue slate, which will be dominated by Illinois's $4.5 billion general obligation bond offering.