Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp (COFINA)

Judge Laura Taylor Swain sided with the retired employees, saying the bondholders' security interest was not properly perfected.

A judge's ruling on whether the U.S. government is responsible for covering Oversight Board-imposed bond losses may come in the winter.

A hurdle has been passed for a judge to issue a ruling on the federal government's responsibility for making investors whole on impaired Puerto Rico bonds.

Key parties say the Oversight Board must certify a fiscal plan with more revenue before they will approve the agreement.

For one thing, analysts say general obligation bondholders may attempt to derail the plan in Title III bankruptcy court.

Puerto Rico issues rallied after the main parties reached a deal on the restructuring of Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. bonds.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board, the government of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, COFINA senior bondholders’ representatives, COFINA subordinate bondholders’ representatives, and bond insurers agreed to the deal.

A draft of the plan in early July indicated that 71.3% of the funding was to come from the federal government.

The governor vowed to disobey Swain’s order, which he said would end Christmas bonuses or lead to "massive layoffs."

The board declined to say what the net impact on the central commonwealth government’s finances would be.

Christian Sobrino Vega takes over directorship of the agency in charge of debt restructuring from Gerardo Portelo Franco,

Puerto Rico has released three key reports since July 10.

“I realize the urgency of the situation,” U.S. District Court Judge Swain said at the end of the Title III bankruptcy hearing in San Juan.

Governance issues are likely to remain regardless of how Judge Laura Taylor Swain rules on Gov. Ricardo Rosselló's adversary complaint

New York issues again dominate as the bond calendar dips to $5.3 billion in the new week.

June's unemployment rate was the lowest monthly rate since at least 1975.

Members of Congress and market observers were divided over the ramifications of Friday's court opinion that the U.S. is liable for debt cuts mandated by the Oversight Board.

U.S. Court of Federal Claims Chief Judge Susan Braden carved a legal path for holding the federal government liable for cuts to Puerto Rico bonds.

The judge dismissed Aurelius' argument that the U.S. Constitution had prohibited the means used to appoint the oversight board members.

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