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If it passes legal muster, Wisconsin counties will decide whether to participate in what would likely be the first securitization of opioid settlement payments.

Fitch Ratings revised its outlook to stable from negative on BATA's AA-minus subordinate debt, retaining its stable outlook on AA-rated senior debt.

New York City will also release the first quarter update to the fiscal 2023 financial plan this month.

The 2022 Rising Stars discuss their work, hobbies, interests, and their thoughts about the future of the public finance sector. We also link to all the profiles, in case you missed them.

As issuers continue to discover new ways to unlock infrastructure funding, out-of-the box thinking may win the day.

Nixon Peabody attorney Roderick Devlin joins Caitlin Devitt to talk about asset recycling, a niche market in the public-private partnership world. Devlin explains what asset recycling is — and is not — as well as the sector's state of play in the U.S. and where it might be headed. (32 minutes)

Daily report for November 15, 2022

The borrowing arm of the Missouri Department of Transportation will take competitive bids on $489 million of new money debt Tuesday.

Puerto Rico's employment trends are better than its fellow territory's since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, say Federal Reserve Bank of New York analysts.

Munis were in their own lane while broader markets were mixed Monday as participants digested various Fed officials' comments on inflation and rate hike schedules.

The City of Rochester, New York, and its former finance director appear set in fighting SEC charges that they defrauded investors in connection with a 2019 bond offering.

Rising property values will help keep the $3.56 billion of new bonds manageable, particularly if issuance is spread over multiple years, rating analysts said.

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said "we've still got a ways to go" before the central bank stops raising interest rates, despite good news last week on consumer prices.

New York-based Anne Tricerri took a circuitous route to becoming Fitch Rating's director of global infrastructure and project finance.

Thinking creatively in the housing finance world has helped Claire Merritt execute over 200 transactions for a total par amount of approximately $5 billion.

"Continued refinement of state Medicaid managed care programs will remain the cornerstone of driving accessibility for underserved communities," said Brad Henkel.

"There's always a new issue you might not be aware of; with 50 states you are constantly learning something new," Cooper Howard said. "It's not a homogenized market."

Kevin Boomhower believes water infrastructure is a basic necessity and the work EFC does is helping all communities in the state meet that need.

Nicole Riggs loves infrastructure and the opportunity to provide mentorship.

"The diversity of people and places I get to work with in U.S. Public Finance, from small special purpose districts to large cities and states," makes work interesting for Cora Bruemmer. I feel like I'm always learning something new."