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The California Supreme Court could upend legal assumptions about public employee pensions.

Oklahoma lawmakers continue to cut spending for hard-pressed state agencies.

Detroit wants to use $55 million in surplus cash to retire debt issued in 2014 as part of the city’s exit from Chapter 9 bankruptcy.

The unfunded pension burden for Chicago, Cook County, and other local funds hit $50 billion in fiscal 2016.

Former MTA Chairman Richard Ravitch elaborates on what ails New York's transit system and what is necessary to fix it. Paul Burton hosts.

Market participants want the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's compliance guidance to be clear and within the scope of its authority.

A parched municipal bond market will get what buyers want: a hefty blast of new supply this week. And it’s coming from two big, market-friendly names – New York City and Los Angeles Schools.

Municipal bond traders returned from a three-day weekend to see NYC bonds priced for retail investors as big auctions from the Treasury Department loomed.

Saugatuck Public Schools is asking the community to approve a $50.7 million bond and a renewal of the district's .5 mill sinking fund in the May 8 election.

Oakland voters in 2016 overwhelmingly approved a $600 million bond to fix city streets and build affordable housing.

Inaction, significant new debt and failure to control labor costs and other cost drivers could pose major bondholder risks, says a Gurtin report.

School districts and other local governments that fail to pass a tax would have to wait a year before asking voters again, under a bill that cleared a state House committee Friday on a party-line vote.

Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves unveiled Monday what he described as a comprehensive six-year plan to spend $1.17 billion in new money on infrastructure needs throughout the state.

The region's non-manufacturing sector “continued to expand,” as the general business conditions index soared to 31.0 in February.

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's budget proposal would push some state costs onto schools and universities

The municipal bond market will see $5.8 billion of new deals hit the screens, somewhat slaking investor's thirst for new supply

Third-party vendors are confident their products will help dealers comply with new markup disclosure rules, but need to integrate them to dealers' systems.

PREPA says a widespread shutdown of electricity on Wednesday is inevitable without a major cash infusion.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy appointed his primary opponent to lead a review of the state’s intervention efforts.

An official says that a transit plan without Oakland and Macomb is “absolutely viable from a technical standpoint.”