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The National League of Cities found mostly good news for city budgets.

San Francisco City Administrator Carmen Chu highlighted challenges the city faces, and how city leaders plan to solve them.

The nearly two-year delay in setting up the per-mile charging fee pilot program means Congress will not be able to consider the feasibility of the fees as it crafts the next surface transportation law.

The Board of Education enters the market with two speculative grade ratings and one investment grade after affirmations from the agencies across the board.

At least two schools are facing the legal costs of terminating the transactions as well as pursuing alternative financing for almost $500 million in construction projects.

Daily report for October 24, 2023

In September, New Jersey's combined revenue streams were down 5.1% year-over-year, marking a continued slide across the first quarter of fiscal year 2024.

An elevated new-issue market is on the horizon with $14.87 billion, per The Bond Buyer's 30-day visible supply.

New York-based Odeon Capital failed to report approximately 225 municipal securities transactions to RTRS over a two and a half year period.

Fredericks will tap her extensive muni market network as SOLVE extends its reach into the muni business.

Record-breaking hot temperatures in the Southwest this summer likely had economic consequences and could focus the municipal bond market on heat-related credit risks and infrastructure needs.

Daily report for October 23, 2023

The new-issue muni calendar is estimated at $8.522 billion next week with $6.075 billion of negotiated deals on tap and $2.446 billion on the competitive calendar, according to Ipreo and The Bond Buyer.

The Gulf of Maine offers "significant opportunities" for offshore wind energy development, federal authorities announced. That's good news for state officials hoping to tap the technology's potential to meet green energy goals.

"That is not how you drive policy and it's certainly not how you drive policy when the impact of policy happens with a lag," Mohamed El-Erian said. "This is the first Fed I know that has not gotten it."

"Nothing is off the table in terms of looking at who we can potentially charge," said Brian Fagel, assistant director of the SEC's Public Finance Abuse Unit.  

"Regardless of the decision made at our next meeting, if the economy evolves as anticipated, in my view, we are likely near or at a holding point on the funds rate," Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said.

"Transmission is often a pressing need. Routing power around more efficiently with fewer losses helps to maintain the integrity of the system," said John Hallacy.

"A lot of these priority items are bottlenecking, said Brian Egan, director of government affairs at the National Association of Bond Lawyers.

Plans for a garbage-to-jet fuels facility in Gary, Indiana, are on hold after bonds for the same operator's plant in Nevada went into default.