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Judge Laura Taylor Swain says the termination of the PREPA deal could be a "major setback" to adjusting the authority's liabilities.

The MSRB's request for information on environmental, social and governance considerations in the muni market showed just how uneasy market participants are feeling.

Terry Thornton, a senior vice president in Goldman Sachs’s Houston investment banking office, died suddenly on Feb. 27 at the age of 51.

Russia’s invasion upends a return to normal as the economic impact of COVID-19 wanes, UCLA Anderson Forecast economists said.

While the governor is hoping for a deal that would be cheaper for Puerto Rican consumers, the result may be the opposite, critics say.

Secondary trading showed weaker prints, moving triple-A yields higher by three to seven basis points, outperforming larger losses in UST. California priced $2.2 billion of GOs for retail.

The city says it can't afford a pension fund change that forces it to pay down unfunded liabilities more quickly; it may also lobby state lawmakers.

The Illinois Finance Authority signed off on the financing cementing NorthShore University HealthSystem’s recently closed merger with Edward-Elmhurst Health.

The Chicago-based organization is more than a quarter century old and intent on growing.

Emily Brock, director of the federal liaison center at the Government Finance Officers Association, takes time out to talk with Chip Barnett at The Bond Buyer’s National Outlook Conference about infrastructure spending. She also looks at the possibility of Congress approving the return of tax-exempt advance refundings and the SEC and MSRB’s focus on issuers ESG disclosures. (17 minutes)

The lawsuits challenge the procedures the NFL used to move the San Diego Chargers to Los Angeles.

As municipals continue to underperform the moves in U.S. Treasuries, current ratios are attractive and present a buying opportunity.

A group of bondholders and bond insurers also submitted on Sunday a statement opposing the teachers’ request for stay.

The Eastern Transportation Coalition's report highlights concerns about privacy, trucking and rural drivers.

Firms don’t have to see disclosure of de minimis risk as a compliance matter. They can see it as a chance to better inform their retail clients about liquidity risk, and to put them on the same page as institutional players.

“Many states are reporting revenue surpluses and rebounding economies, in part as a result of federal aid to state governments.”

Oklahoma is not alone in struggling to fund repairs for aging dams, a $20 billion problem nationwide according to a 2019 study.

Market volatility has risen significantly, particularly in the last several weeks, with daily Treasury yield swings of 10 basis points or more becoming the norm with municipals struggling to stabilize.

The teachers are trying to prevent enactment on March 15.

The low-interest federal loans will complete financing packages for Virginia's express lane extension outside Washington D.C. and Maryland’s Purple Line light rail project.