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Travis County has closed on a $330 million, triple-A rated deal to fund the civil and family courts building in downtown Austin.

As the innovation- and resilience-themed Smart Cities conference begins, questions include how well is New York prepared for another Sandy-like catastrophe.

The White House is considering conservative economist Judy Shelton to fill one of the two vacancies on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

Municipal bond market participants are keeping one eye on the sale calendar and the other on the equities market.

Calculating the remaining useful life of a port or airport facility can be problematic, but the IRS ruling released May 3 supports a simplified method of making this determination using the date of the new agreement as a starting point.

Chief Financial Officer Dave Massaron said Detroit will work with Public Resources Advisory Group to build more robust investor relations as it looks to build out its debt model.

The Austin City Council voted Thursday to issue $470 million in debt to purchase an East Texas biomass power plant that has only one customer, the city itself.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded tax-exempt bonds issued for a Syracuse, New York, shopping mall expansion to the last rung above junk.

Atlanta Fed President Rafael Bostic said he would do "whatever it takes" should tariffs cause consumers to cut back spending.

At the National Federation of Municipal Analysts’ annual meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, members asked the board to find ways to open up communications between investors and issuers.

Lawmakers have to wait another week for the governor's five-year infrastructure plan.

In the week ended May 9, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, fell to 3.78% from 3.82% the previous week.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker's about-face on re-amortizing to reduce next year's pension contribution is one less negative rating factor, agency analysts said.

The anticipated surplus for fiscal years 2019 through 2013 has dropped to $11.6 billion from $15.1 billion, leaving less money for debt service and capital spending.

Transportation issues took center stage in the muni market on Thursday.

The bond package includes $50 million for affordable housing in a first for the Ohio capital.

Fitch Ratings cut the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority’s bonds to A-minus from A after lawmakers passed a bill to cut tolls and dissolve the authority.

Scarce high-yield supply is creating challenges for muni fund managers.

Airports have been clamoring for an increase in the PFC limit for years, arguing that they need it to help finance capital improvements that would be paid for with new bond issues.

JPMorgan Asset Management aims to help financial advisors manage interest risk and duration in their portfolios.