State of Wisconsin

The transaction, which supports the Navajo community in Ganado, Arizona, represents a major landmark in furthering Native American health care infrastructure, overcoming hurdles tribal governments typically face in issuing municipal debt to open a replicable path to market other indigenous health systems can follow.

Wisconsin's February deal introduced a fixed spread tax-exempt tender that saved taxpayers millions — and won The Bond Buyer's Deal of the Year award in the innovation category.

Ten winners across five regions and five additional categories will be celebrated Dec. 2 in New York City, where one will be crowned the overall Deal of the Year.

Wisconsin will be in the market Wednesday with $253.9 million of general obligation bonds, with some proceeds funding the Blatnik Bridge replacement project.

Final responses are due by Dec. 8 from muni underwriters who want to be on Wisconsin sale syndicates.

The state in 2010 sold $1.5 billion of bonds backed by payments from a master settlement agreement with tobacco firms and used the proceeds to pay overdue bills.

The measure comes after months of dire warnings over the city's looming insolvency.

Wisconsin's debt manager Dave Erdman will make the leap to the private sector when he exits state employment after three decades.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency upgraded Wisconsin’s general obligation bonds to AAA from AA-plus and S&P Global Ratings lifted them to AA-plus from AA.

As lawmakers debate a new two-year budget, the state increased general fund revenue projections by $4.4 billion.

The legislature's GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee will craft a two-year capital plan after rejecting Gov. Tony Evers' $2.4 billion plan for only the second time in recent history.

GOP lawmakers plan to scrap some of the Democratic governor's budget priorities, which include a $2.38 billion capital plan.

Munis were stronger across the curve as secondary trading was constructive and bellwether credits moved yields lower.

From the use of taxables to forward deliveries, refunding deals drove an overall 15.8% hike in Midwest bond volume that exceeded the national average.

The state plans a series of municipal bond sales with tailwinds from upbeat fiscal news, including its first surplus on a GAAP basis.

Wisconsin will use new pools for negotiated transactions starting next year

Modest revenue growth is projected over the course of the biennium that begins July 1, but “unprecedented volatility” because of the pandemic remains a concern.

Municipals were in a holding pattern ahead of this week's $15.8 billion new-issue slate as issuers pour debt into the market and investors remain cautious ahead of election results.

Municipals weakened as supply surged into the market, with AAA yields up by as much two basis points on longer-dated maturities.

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