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A provision in the New York governor's budget plan would enable the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to create tax increment financing districts in New York City.
February 5
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Olympia School District and Yelm Community Schools both have measures on the Feb. 13 ballot.
February 5
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Action in the primary muni market has been slow and low in 2018 and yields have spiked recently, with investors increasingly moving to the sidelines to wait for calmer waters. However, some view this as a buying opportunity and are urging others to jump in with them.
February 5
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe will establish its second-largest public finance team in Houston with more than two dozen hires from Andrews Kurth Kenyon.
February 5
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Faced with yet another week of low volume and high volatility, muni market participants hope for improvement in February.
February 5
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell emphasized a commitment to better communication with the public.
February 5
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Syncora will pay $350 million under the agreement, which doesn't include any Puerto Rico exposure.
February 5
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The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index (ETI) rose to 106.93 in January from a downwardly revised 106.59 in December.
February 5
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The U.S. services sector expanded in January as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 59.9.
February 5
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The federal tax overhaul and belt-tightening at the state level cast a pall of uncertainty over the $88.67 billion preliminary fiscal 2019 budget plan.
February 5
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Outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said U.S. stocks and commercial real estate prices are elevated but stopped short of saying those markets are in a bubble.
February 5
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Some bond lawyers don't see a replacement for tax credit bonds, which were banned after last year by the new tax law.
February 2
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Although market conditions are not pristine, with rising yields and little primary action, market participants expressed reason to believe the first week of February will be a positive one.
February 2
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The Federal Reserve is not behind the curve and will not overreact to economic growth, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams said Friday.
February 2
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The California Water Commission says it hasn't rejected any proposals but project backers have three weeks to upgrade their applications.
February 2
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School districts shouldn't be able to keep going back to voters after a bond or levy measure fails at the polls, Rep. Heather Scott told a House committee on Thursday.
February 2
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Come to us first if you need to close a swimming pool, the Austin City Council told staff Thursday evening as it passed a master plan for the city's aquatic facilities.
February 2
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Pensions in some California cities to grow to 21.5% of general fund in seven years.
February 2
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All but one of the remaining defendants in the Securities and Exchange Commission's case against Ramapo, N.Y., have agreed to settlement terms, according to court documents.
February 2
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Chicago says no taxpayer funds will go to build a proposed express line between downtown and O'Hare.
February 2
