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The Better Housing Foundation's Chicagoland suburban bond portfolios are now experiencing bond covenant and payment defaults.

Alan Schankel, a longtime municipal bond analyst and managing director at Janney Capital Markets in Philadelphia, has retired.

Look for an expanded buyer base, including an international focus, as a new decade in munis dawns

Officials in the Massachusetts city insist taxpayers will not be on the hook for the planned minor-league Polar Park in the Canal District.

The Bond Buyer's Paul Burton and Chip Barnett explore variables and pressure points in advance of the city's FY21 preliminary budget release.

It has been a couple of years since the market has seen an active January to start the year.

For the next fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1 , the general fund is projected to have $235 million more than estimates made last May, bringing the total to $11.2 billion.

The announcement Monday involved last March’s ruling by the First Circuit Court of Appeals on the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority’s special revenue bonds.

Transportation advocates focused on new state revenue sources that can place the cash-strapped agency on firmer financial footing.

Gov. Gavin Newsom sent the specialists to aid the commonwealth in rebuilding.

The state expects to set senior and co-manager pools with up to 15 firms each for an initial four-year term.

Two Federal Reserve Bank presidents were positive about the economy in 2020, but offered a look at what worries them.

S&P dropped the the nation's second-most-populous county — one of many Illinois governments struggling with retirement plan funding — to A-plus from AA-minus.

The state would boost spending on education under proposals from the governor and the legislature, both led by Democrats.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s warnings that cities could absorb more Medicaid costs have triggered uncertainty about the city's budget.

The Windy City is looking to add even more savings to a $1.3 billion debt refinancing with a tender invitation for some of its older, higher-yielding bonds. “The tender is just gravy,” City CFO Jennie Huang Bennett said last week.

Attendees at The Bond Buyer’s Deal of the Year ceremony look ahead to the new year and discuss what they feel will be the biggest stories of 2020.

Attendees at The Bond Buyer’s Deal of the Year ceremony talk about what issues they think had the biggest impact in municipal finance last year.

Gavin Newsom's proposed budget would support a $4.7 billion climate bond, create the state's own generic drug plan and add undocumented seniors to Medi-Cal.

The bondholders appeal to the U.S. First Circuit Court in Boston.