News and Information from Bond Buyer

Positive momentum and supply scarcity are themes for the near future, which should bode well for the market.

Cook County and the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund reported improving pension health, while the unfunded liabilities of Chicago funds worsened in 2020.

As summer beckons, it's time for a reporters' roundtable with some of the Bond Buyer's senior staff. Yvette Shields, Karen Pierog, Keeley Webster and Thomas Nocera talk with Chip Barnett about what's hot in their regions and what municipal bond market participants should expect to see in the months ahead. (25 minutes)

Issuers need to be careful with bonds specifically marketed as green, said the head of Office of Municipal Securities.

Hiring qualified candidates for many positions within state and local governments has reached its worst period in 50 years, panelists at the 116th annual GFOA conference said on Sunday.

Republicans, who argue pandemic aid is partly to blame for inflation, have said the large aid packages came with too few guardrails.

Since New York legalized the sports gambling industry five months ago, residents of the state have made almost $6 trillion in bets.

Gilt-edged Maryland typically helps to guide triple-A yield curves.

The selloff in Treasuries and the continued strength of municipals have done their part to richen muni-UST ratios.

The COVID-19 pandemic is largely in the rearview mirror for toll roads in Texas, where traffic and revenue are climbing and population growth is fueling demand.

The MSRB addressed its controversial request for information during the Government Finance Officers Association’s first live conference in two years.

A decades-old policy position on taxable debt and recommendations for issuance of variable-rate debt were among the issues taken up by the GFOA's debt committee.

The Citizens Budget Commission awards gala was attended by New York Mayor Eric Adams, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and former Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch.

Investors will be greeted Monday with an increase in supply with the new-issue calendar estimated at $6.488 billion, led by $1 billion-plus of GOs from Maryland in the competitive market.

Mayor Eric Garcetti emphasized the city’s robust reserves and plans to issue housing bonds to aid efforts to alleviate homelessness.

Some observers of Puerto Rico politics are concerned its government continues to avoid fiscal responsibility, ignoring past mistakes that led to the bankruptcy.

Local police funds challenging the suburban and downstate police and firefighter pension fund consolidation appealed a court decision that upheld it.

The seasonal factors of a supply and demand mismatch, reinvestment needs and strong credit fundamentals, have opened a window of opportunity.

The finance director of Aurora, Colorado, takes over as the association's president amid an uncertain post-pandemic landscape.

Bryant spent much time working to empower finance departments trying to pull their respective states, cities and localities out of the pitfalls caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.