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Mayor Lori Lightfoot must manage demands from aldermen without damaging the city's ratings or investor sentiments on a coronavirus-driven budget with few fans.

The board threatened legal action if the local government continued to implement the three pension laws passed in August.

Tax changes sought by the municipal bond industry are likely to be embedded into infrastructure legislation.

The MSRB also said it was looking for volunteers for two advisory groups.

Record new issuance in 2020 in the face of dealing with shutdowns, diminishing tax revenues and political unrest shows how resilient the industry is.

How effectively bus and train operators can serve commuters coming out of the coronavirus pandemic remains a big question.

Squire Patton Boggs partners Rodney Slater and Alethia Nancoo view the landscape from the ground and the skies with Northeast Regional Editor Paul Burton. Slater is a former U.S. transportation secretary. Nancoo’s practice focuses on public, private and project debt finance. (31 minutes)

State housing and economic development Secretary Mike Kennealy will lead the search for a successor at the commonwealth's finance and development agency.

Daily report for October 27, 2020.

A long-planned Maryland light rail system, which has encountered financial and legal obstacles, could make it tougher for large-scale P3 transit projects, according to analysts.

Municipals were in a holding pattern ahead of this week's $15.8 billion new-issue slate as issuers pour debt into the market and investors remain cautious ahead of election results.

The deal is being wrapped with insurance and $300 million of the $434 million offering is supported with the state government's moral obligation backing.

The board asked the judge to not put any deadlines on the negotiations.

The issuer hopes to expand its investor base to lure European investors with the move and will explore conducting non-deal road shows to highlight its green and ESG efforts in the municipal market.

Many issuers in California specifically do not mention climate change in their official statements.

The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority will sell $333 million of bonds and notes.

"We have no need for cash-flow relief or restructuring," said the treasurer of Dallas Area Rapid Transit, which continues to expand its rail services.

The economic news was mixed again Monday, with home sales unexpectedly dipping, while two reads of manufacturing showed expansion continued, but one suggested a slower rate of growth.

In the first episode of the five-part Arizent documentary series, we look at how disparities in net worth and mortgage discrimination impact Black home ownership — and why it's impossible to close the gaps without attacking systemic racism.

In the first episode of the five-part documentary series, we look at how disparities in net worth and mortgage discrimination impact Black home ownership — and why it's impossible to close the gaps without attacking systemic racism.