Moody's

The new GASB standards apply to Other Post-Employment Benefits, or OPEB, which mostly pertain to retiree health benefits, but also can include dental, vision, disability and death benefits.

Moody's Investors Service said Jacksonville's litigation to repudiate a power contract raises questions about its willingness to make good on obligations.

The amount of outstanding variable rate demand bonds rose to $142.4 billion in the second quarter of this year, a gain over $142.2 billion in the first quarter and the end of a decade-long decline, Moody’s Investor Service said in a recent report.

Quantifying the related financial damage will take time, said the rating agency.

Demand for public-private partnerships in higher education is on the rise, particularly for student housing and parking, according to a report issued by Fitch Ratings.

Wilshire Consulting said the aggregate funded ratio for U.S. state pension plans remained unchanged between and first and second quarters of 2018 at 70.8%, up 0.7 percentage points from the previous 12 months.

Rural governments continue to lose economic ground, according to a Moody's Investors Service report.

Twenty-three years after hitting rock bottom, D.C. has a triple-A rating.

The deposit exceeds some pre-budget estimates that the fund would receive $14 million, said Gov. Tom Wolf.

The state Supreme Court's reaffirmation of a 2015 pension overhaul settlement is credit positive for Rhode Island, according to Moody's.

S&P Global Ratings revised the state's outlook to stable from negative, and Moody’s says the budget's Medicaid expansion is credit positive for hospitals.

The massive amount of local debt Texas voters have authorized could limit governments' flexibility, Moody's Investors Service says.

S&P said a state law de-annexing a major portion of one city to create another may affect all of its Georgia municipal rating assessments.

Four Twenty Seven developed climate change software to help bond investors assess future credit risk.

MCE, California's first community choice aggregator, is rated Baa2 with a stable outlook by Moody's.

Pike County's “very weak” economy, budget performance and management led S&P Global Ratings to lower its ratings.

The $139 million refunding saved Alabama’s most populous county $12.35 million in debt-service costs.

Rising short-term rates and a lower corporate tax rate have already pushed some municipal issuers out of bank loans and back into the traditional muni space, analysts said.

In the first tranche of its $800 million sale, West Virginia says residents will get an opportunity to invest in the state.

S&P Global Ratings said the Bluegrass state has become more vulnerable to fiscal stress.