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Andy Byford’s departure as MTA New York City Transit president rekindled questions about governance at one of the world’s largest mass transit agencies.

The Securities and Exchange Commission will discuss voluntary disclosure and buy-side perspectives among other topics in March.

Report for January 24, 2020

A grand jury is probing the Jacksonville-owned utility as well as a community-based group and a special City Council investigative committee.

A mixture of taxable and tax-exempt deals priced into a market flush with cash. Muni yields continued to descend, as they moved three basis points lower today.

The deal comes as the state's transportation plans will shift to rely more on cash than on commission borrowing going forward.

Miroslava Mejia Krug is a veteran of top fiscal posts at two Chicago-area private higher education institutions.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills used her first State of the State address Tuesday to push a borrowing plan for land conservation rejected by the legislature last year.

The Leading Economic Index fell 0.3% in December to 111.2, while the coincident index rose 0.1% and the lagging index dipped 0.1%, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

The state sold tax-exempt refunding debt at 2019 rates but won't deliver them until 2021 when the call date of the original bonds is reached.

Andy Byford's resignation ends a two-year run marked by innovation and controversy.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's $44.6 billion budget proposal includes $217 million more for the Boston-centric MBTA and other agencies, on top of his $18 billion bond bill.

George Boyan, president of Leumi Investment Services, discusses negative interest rates, recession, and what challenges the Fed faces in the coming year. Gary Siegel hosts.

Report for January 23, 2020

Issues surrounding revenue bonds may delay resolution on the central government debt.

The Palmyra-Eagle district can't dissolve, and must find a way to close a looming budget gap as its reserves and enrollment dwindle.

Large taxable deals fare well while gilt-edged Delaware yields track in line with AAA benchmarks in competitive deal.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly's $7.8 billion budget calls for an extension of pension obligations while paying down other debt and boosting reserves.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said he "would like to see at least a couple of hundred billion dollars of new federal bonds."

The Securities and Exchange Commission wll work with the market to change secondary disclosure habits without a mandate, issuers and analysts said.