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States are increasingly turning to public-private partnerships with developers to create new workforce housing so residents can afford to live where they work.

The public finance industry has been tracking the growth of the IRS budget with concerns that funding boosts would translate into higher audit rates for bond transactions.

Barclays' Mikhail Foux talks shifting demand, BABs refundings, election effects and what it means for the asset class in a volatile market.

The Hall of Fame initiative celebrates individuals whose careers have left an indelible mark, while the Rising Stars program recognizes the muni finance leaders of tomorrow. Nominations for the 2024 classes will be accepted until Friday, May 31. This will be the final deadline.

While Kansas' sales tax and revenue (STAR) bond program recorded its first default late last year, Bonner Springs is considering using it for a development that includes a Mattel toy-themed amusement park.

New York City Municipal Water Authority returns to the municipal primary after a $1.4 billion deal earlier this year.

BABs can offer value for investors who can stomach the call risk, said municipal strategists.

Municipal Market Analytics reports the most technical defaults in 2023 since it started tracking them, including 24 in the not-for-profit hospital sector.

Gary Hall, President of the Infrastructure & Public Finance Division at Siebert Williams Shank & Co., joins Bond Buyer Executive Editor Lynne Funk to talk about the importance of the muni industry in financing the country's extensive infrastructure needs -- from ports and airports to bridges and energy solutions.

Despite an S&P rating upgrade ahead of this week's GO bond deal, Louisiana paid a wider spread to a 10-year benchmark than it did a year ago. Longer maturities saw tighter spreads on from a year ago.

West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore, who's put banks on a blacklist for their support of ESG policies, is up for (and very likely to win) one of the state's two seats in the U.S. House. Here's how he got there, and what it'll look like when he tries to bring his anti-ESG policies national.

DASNY, Washington, Massachusetts, Jefferson County, Alabama, and the New Jersey Education Facilities Authority entered the top 10, with the last three issuers coming to market after not issuing any debt in the first quarter of 2023.

With cyberattacks on the rise, issuers have had to keep fortifying their defenses against criminals targeting the public sector. 

Kaufman Hall & Associates, Piper Sandler and Montague DeRose & Associates moved into the top 10, while CSG Advisors, Estrada Hinojosa and RBC Capital Markets were bumped.

The state's transportation commission took action to end a comprehensive development agreement for a partially bond-financed toll lane project on State Highway 288.

BofA Securities remained at the top of the list.

New York State officials are unlikely to meet today's extended deadline for finalizing a fiscal 2025 budget and will probably push it back again.

Former UBS and Citi employees are being scooped up by such firms as Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer.

The aim of the program was to create affordable moderate-income housing more quickly by acquiring existing apartment communities and converting the units to below-market-rate as existing tenants moved out.

"HB 727, if signed into law, should lower borrowing costs for Kentucky school districts and will serve as a critical tool in dealing with cost overruns and other inflationary pressures," said Compass Municipal Advisors.