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The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority and the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority are heading into the bond market, buoyed by state rating upgrades.

Research suggests limited effectiveness of the SEC's rules requiring disclosure of private debt.

"You now have a proven toolbox based on the data from the MSRB municipal trades,” says Brad Wendt of Charles River Associates.

S&P’s Tiffany Tribbitt and Geoffrey Buswick talk with Chip Barnett about what municipalities can do to counter the growing threat of cyber attacks and what steps cities and states can take after an incident happens. (15 minutes)

Most participants expect better performance for munis in the near-term. Longer-term, a lot depends on rates, COVID and other outside factors, such as infrastructure.

Officials from the Westchester County city and ACA Financial Guaranty disagree over who is on the hook for revenue bonds that aren't generating enough revenue.

New Mexico bet on a space tourism market that promoters thought could be worth $8 billion by 2030. But there have been economic and technology missteps.

Kansas closed its fiscal year with tax collections running 9.3% over estimates and its highest reserves since 1980, officials said.

The city, which Moody's downgraded last week, is appealing a Nassau County judge's ruling that has it on the hook for $131 million over a dispute with a developer.

While municipals hit the pause button Friday, the movement in yields in the first week of July marked the largest one-week decline in 2021.

The public transit agenices are benefitting from sales taxes that fared better than expected through the pandemic and the state's stronger fiscal footing

Hawaii lawmakers made changes to the budget this week in response to a flurry of vetoes from Gov. David Ige.

Moody's Investors Service upgraded the county — home to Detroit — A3 from Baa1 while also elevating its rating outlook to positive.

General fund receipts increased to record surplus as road fund receipts gained 10.1% in the Bluegrass State.

Pedro Pierluisi proposed two measures as an alternative to Law 7-2021, over which the Oversight Board sued the governor and the legislature a week ago.

Rating agencies are pushing municipal issuers to build online security risks like ransomware attacks into mitigation strategies that include more transparency.

S&P followed Moody's in raising Illinois' general obligation rating, moving it to BBB as the state's fiscal picture brightens.

Fund inflows are a demand component unlikely to slow during the heavy reinvestment season, keeping the yield environment squarely in issuers' favor.

Chicago's net pension liabilities increased by $1.1 billion in 2020 to almost $33 billion.

A strong resurgence from last year's pandemic-driven recession is reflected in record revenue for June and the fiscal year in Oklahoma.