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The North Texas Tollway Authority's $758.3 million refunding will provides short-term principal relief after the coronavirus caused lost toll revenue.

A blaze in the wine country north of San Francisco more than quadrupled in size overnight to 11,000 acres.

Chicago's $1.2 billion airport refunding will smooth out fiscal operations through next year amid a massive decline in airline travel.

Daily report for September 28, 2020.

The Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority will be in the market with almost $250 million of public housing project refunding bonds.

A project to bring train service to LaGuardia Airport is closer to breaking ground despite the fiscal headwinds created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Irene Carroll and her company, Funding the Gap LLC, settled with the SEC Friday for not registering as municipal advisors. The SEC said Caroll knew she provided similar services as an MA.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's David Hodapp said an MA's fiduciary duty to an issuer trumps fair dealing obligations to investors.

S&P said the downgrade is the result of what is likely a one-off analytic error in 2005; the bonds in question are held by Fannie Mae and have never traded.

Michigan avoided deep cuts for fiscal 2021 but is still lobbying for federal relief to make up for coronavirus-driven tax losses as a fiscal 2022 gap looms.

While the Fed has written off negative interest rates as a last resort, without stimulus, consideration may be nearer.

Daily report for September 25, 2020.

The firm hired seven new senior-level bankers in its fixed income division.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s search for a Treasury secretary is widely seen as focusing on Lael Brainard of the Federal Reserve, a choice that would keep both Wall Street and progressives in line.

The public-private partnership that had been constructing the light rail line and stations has shut down construction work.

A group of pensioners is trying to stop the bond sale.

Without more fiscal support, the outlook becomes murkier with the possibility of economic data disappointment and volatility in rates, and historically muni demand dampeners, Morgan Stanley said.

Florida State University's voluntary disclosure on lower dormitory occupancy is an example of providing timely information, Moody's Investors Service said.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, in the most upbeat comments by a central banker since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, said the U.S. economy may surge at a 35% annualized rate in the third quarter and the nation may be close to a complete recovery by year-end.

The state's new accounting system gets the blame again for California's second year with an extremely late CAFR.