Bond elections

The highly-rated city wants to pursue general obligation bond programs every five years to fund capital projects for its growing population.

City officials discovered last week that an explanatory sentence required by state statute was left off the ballot. No bonds can be issued until the matter is rectified.

Projected available capacity for the Permanent School Fund's bond guarantee program fell to $653 million at the end of October from $3.52 billion the previous month.

The developer is seeking as much as $230 million of bonds issued by a community facilities district to pay for cleaning up a landfill and improving infrastructure for the $2.1 billion multi-use project.

The Bond Buyer's senior regional reporters hold a roundtable discussion on the midterm elections. Caitlin Devitt, Yvette Shields, Karen Pierog, Keeley Webster and Thomas Nocera talk about implications for the municipal bond market. Chip Barnett moderates. (30 minutes)

The Nov. 8th ballot in Midwest states was crowded with bond, governance, and policy questions.

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.

The rating agency zeroed in on a handful of measures in a state where voters considered billions in bond measures.

It appears to have been a good time to request bonds as most of the largest issues were approved.

We'll be up early Wednesday covering Tuesday's elections.

Population growth is fueling bond proposals in Texas, particularly for schools; K-12 districts there are asking voters for $15 billion of bond authority.

The El Paso County Hospital District is evaluating options, including other debt proposals, to address capacity constraints at its facilities.

Guilford County's request for a $1.7 billion voter-approved bond package, however, was put on hold until the next Local Government Commission meeting.

There are only four statewide bond measures appearing on ballots across the country, the lowest since 2010.

California school districts will bring 100 bond measures to voters in November, according to one advocacy group, up from 21 in June and 60 in November 2020.

In both Michigan and Wisconsin, school districts are seeking about $2 billion of either bonding capacity or revenue raising authority.

Several Texas school districts, including Austin's, have put bond issues on the Nov. 8 ballot with some of the proceeds earmarked to fund security measures.

The shift towards flexible and remote work as a result of COVID-19 has already begun to reshape cities, moving concentration away from the centralized business districts.

Expected voter turnout for the midterm election will likely compel other cities to join Ontario, California, in placing tax and bond measures on November's ballot.

A study commissioned by Orem, Utah, found that creating a school district within the city's boundaries is feasible.