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The corporate bond business appears to enjoy greater liquidity than tax-exempts, said Lee Deviney, executive director of the Texas Public Finance Authority.

Municipal bond issuance was $67.88 billion after the first two months of 2020 and was on pace to easily eclipse the $400 billion mark — then COVID-19 completely turned the market upside down.

After seven months of surplus revenue, Arkansas seeks to avoid a deficit due to coronavirus fallout.

Bond-financed student housing was already facing headwinds when the COVID-19 crisis sent most tenants home.

Ratings for convention center financings and for hotels build to support the venues are under pressure.

Bond-financed bridges across the Rio Grande will lose revenue because of the partial closure of the border, as will the Texas economy.

Local issuers in Texas also received authority to postpone bond measure elections that are slated for May.

The Supreme Court is poised to decide the Texas governor's quest to end the federal program that provided millions of Americans access to health insurance.

Cities and states that rely on hotel taxes and tourism-related revenues will lose billions as events and attractions shutter to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Thomas Bruder, Lauren Trialonas and Jennifer Cosper were named principals in the firm’s Public & Infrastructure Finance practice.