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Market participants say issuer coronavirus disclosures have stagnated due to tax season and issuer fears of future legal ramifications.

The revenue forecast for Virginia’s new spending plan is expected to be revised due to economic impacts caused by the pandemic.

Cyberattacks are increasingly likely as more government employees work from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, analysts said.

Hospitals margins could sink to unsustainable negative levels in the last half of the year, according to forecasts.

More will be clear once the state gets a full tally of receipts from the July 15 tax deadline, but a rocky road lies ahead in any case.

Even with more federal rescue aid, which is hardly a given, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority may have to resort to deficit borrowing.

Chuck Peck, head of public finance investment banking at Wells Fargo, discusses how COVID-19 has changed the municipal bond market. Aaron Weitzman hosts.

Federal authorities arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder on charges he took bribes to support legislation that benefited bankrupt FirstEnergy.

With prospects of federal aid waning, an $8 billion revenue gap will leave the the state government and Gov. Andrew Cuomo few attractive options.

Municipals were stronger on the short- and intermediate ends as long maturities held firm in quiet trading on Wednesday.

Several scenarios exists offering different potential outcomes, according to an observer.

The National League of Cities is focused on college towns as part of its effort to persuade the Senate to provide $500 billion to local governments.

In a virtual meeting, the board will set its budget, but won't select an incoming class of board members, because of a proposed size change.

The Detroit City Council agreed to put Mayor Mike Duggan's revised $250 milliot bond proposal on the November ballot after nixing his original plan last year.

South Carolina-owned Santee Cooper must pay $200 million to ratepayers and impose a four-year rate freeze to end a suit over a failed nuclear reactor project.

The commission approved the borrowing amid projections of a $153 million budget shortfall for fiscal 2020 due to COVID-19.

“I absolutely do intend on refilling my complaint,” Andrew Hennigan told The Bond Buyer.

King Co., Wash., Port of Houston and San Antonio deals went up for grabs Tuesday.

The legal tussle between the Dallas-based private lender and the Chicago-based investment powerhouse continues with defamation and antitrust claims pending in separate courts.

The responses to requests for quotes in the secondary market increased almost doubled in 2018 compared to 2015.