Southeast

Making the Federal Reserve's Municipal Liquidity Facility a permanent emergency lending program would be “valuable and forward thinking," Connecticut Treasurer Shawn Wooden told a House subcommittee.

Florida's long coastline, low elevation and susceptibility to severe weather events increase its environmental risks, according to an S&P Global Ratings report.

“A year after two devastating hurricanes, Calcasieu Parish is struggling to rebuild because FEMA works at the pace of a snail,” says Treasurer John Schroder.

The “tool kit” legislation expands powers of the Local Government Commission, including a last-resort legal process for voluntary or involuntary dissolution.

The taxable deal from Georgia's largest not-for-profit health system offers investors three index-eligible bullet maturities in 10, 20 and 30 years.

The Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority and the Kentucky Turnpike Authority plan refunding revenue bond sales this month.

Long-term damage to municipal credits in the powerful hurricane’s path is not likely, according to early reports from analysts.

A pair of bond sales coming out of the Carolinas found homes with investors this week as demand for the paper was high.

The trouble stems from a West Virginia tender offer deal Crews & Associates recommended to an issuer.

A large increase in new money bond issuance pushed the 11-state region to a big year-over-year volume gain.