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Officials at the country's largest municipal healthcare system are tracking COVID-19 costs as they face headwinds from the state and federal governments.

Daily report for March 11, 2020.

Uncertainty continues to hang over financial markets due to COVID-19. Stocks rebounded somewhat Tuesday while muni yields rose as much as 16 basis points — Tuesday saw a correction of sorts.

Shawnee County, Kan., commissioners on Monday approved issuing $150 million in industrial revenue bonds for a massive new Walmart distribution center to be built just south of Topeka.

Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are proposing to spend hundreds of billions of dollars that would require the support of lawmakers in both chambers of Congress.

The public agency that owns the city's convention center will consider the expansion project and a financing plan next month.

The Duluth School Board has voted to approve language for legislation that would enable the district to finance the construction of new administrative offices and transportation facilities on the Central High School property.

When the Federal Reserve began expanding its balance sheet with quantitative easing, it was seen as an emergency measure. Yet a decade later, the Fed is again in jeopardy of hitting zero lower bound and its balance sheet remains large.

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Executive Director Rick Cotton plans to maintain day-to-day operations from home after a positive coronavirus test.

Many businesses have implemented policies to limit non-essential travel, which is likely to have impacted the biennial presentation to municipal bond investors.

Chairman Patrick Foye says that the outbreak has no material effect for now, and the authority promises to continue timely disclosure.

Dan DiSalvo, a Manhattan Institute senior fellow, explains how the state provides a model for tackling other post-employment benefits liability. Paul Burton hosts.

Daily report for March 10, 2020.

The bond's Official Statement warned not to expect payments on time.

As COVID-19 wreaks havoc on global markets, munis try to keep pace.

In budget talks, House Speaker José Oliva says lawmakers will discuss how to prepare for a recession that may result from the economic impacts of COVID-19.

The agency's deputy finance chief was promoted after CFO Michael Colsch's retirement.

Richard Li, a pubic debt specialist for the city of Milwaukee, compared disclosing COVID-19 to disclosing a hurricane hitting localities on the Atlantic coast.

Less than six years after the last oil price collapse, producing states of the Southwest are facing another sharp drop and the prospect of recession.

S&P Global Ratings is postponing a March 31 forum on public housing bonds due to concerns about the outbreak of COVID-19.