Budgets

Some of the largest school districts in Texas are coping with falling enrollment amid growing bond programs.

Buffalo is grappling with uncertainty following an FBI investigation of a city agency on the heels of a credit downgrade stemming from past deficit woes.

Kenneth Potts, senior vice president and portfolio manager at Fiera Capital, checks in on the state of the municipal bond market. He talks about the effect of the SALT deduction on high-tax states and supply and demand factors in this podcast recorded in September. Chip Barnett hosts.

New York City voters take the first step to include a formal rainy day fund in the budget process.

Transportation Secretary James Trogdon says Dale Folwell's allegations of overspending are unsupported.

The New Jersey Department of the Treasury released $53.7 million of $104.8 million in suspended transitional aid.

The federal government has been operating on a stopgap budget since the Oct. 1 start of the fiscal year but President Trump has declined to give any assurance he will agree to another one past Nov. 21.

New York State's fifth-largest city will sell $152 million of general obligation bonds.

The city and its Transitional Finance Authority issued $6.18 billion of long-term bonds, according to the comprehensive annual financial report.

The Chicago Park District would phase in actuarially determined pension payments under a funding plan that still needs state legislative approval.

New York City voters will decide a proposal to change the City Charter and establish a formal rainy-day account in the budget.

The Hudson River city reports making headway trimming a more than $13 million general fund deficit that sent it into junk bond status nearly four years ago.

Municipal Market Analytics warned that climate change may pose the biggest threat to municipal bond credits over the next decade.

Andrew Rein president of the watchdog Citizens Budget Commission, tells The Bond Buyer's Paul Burton why New York City voters on Nov. 5 should vote yes on ballot Question 4, which calls for a dedicated rainy-day fund. The state must also approve the change.

Though the market may view Chicago's budget as heading in the right direction, relying on the state is a gamble that's a concern for aldermen, too.

Nearly two in three finance officers in large cities predict a recession in the next year or two.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot needs to achieve her 2022 target of structurally balancing the city’s books to preserve Chicago's BBB-plus rating, S&P said.

Strong investor demand for Philadelphia bonds underscores the city’s fiscal strides, according to Jim Kenney.

Wall Street had its most profitable first half in a decade; the second half remains uncertain.

The taxing and regulating of a new product that's ingested into the lungs to deliver nicotine is dealt with under federal, state and local laws. William Cox explains Kroll Bond Rating Agency's thoughts about vaping and the associated revenues for governments. John Hallacy hosts.