Coronavirus

Most significantly, sectors of the municipal market that were stressed prior to the pandemic due to underlying long-term trends will face significant challenges.

Some are underestimating the recovery, but challenges continue, analysts say.

Junk-rated city's shaky financial conditions before the COVID-19 pandemic is worsened by casino industry woes.

Fourteen states and 19 local authorities have delayed or canceled road, transit and airport projects worth $8.58 billion due to the coronavirus.

State and local government layoffs already have been triple the amount of job losses that occurred during the Great Recession.

Hilltop Securities plans to expand public finance and wealth management services despite global uncertainty, chief executive Brad Winges says.

While claims are dropping slowly, levels remain higher than before the pandemic and could go up, according to analysts.

Build America Mutual's underwriting and risk-management guidelines have an insured portfolio that does not reflect the overall U.S. municipal market and may perform better in a stressful economic scenario, S&P said.

The $16 million, small-denomination offering, to finance projects with climate and environmental benefits. is modeled after World War II Series E bonds.

Jim Colby, senior municipal strategist and author of the Muni Nation blog at Van Eck, talks about what’s happened in the municipal bond market since March 20. He looks at the big picture after COVID-19 and drills down into municipal bond funds and ETFs. Chip Barnett hosts this remote podcast.

Organizers say the goal is for for technologies to make public transit safer, cleaner and more adaptive.

Although the recovery process from the COVID-19 stated, the economy has a long way to go.

The new direct-pay bonds would be an improvement from the Build America Bonds because they would be exempt from the sequestration cuts.

A scaled down 2021 fiscal year spending plan signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will likely need further cuts to withstand potential revenue losses resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to analysts.

Thirteen states and territories already have received federal authorization to borrow $17 billion to pay unemployment insurance claims.

The mayor of Tupelo, Mississippi said he has not seen federal funds reach his city of 38,000 yet.

Washington State pulled a note deal after a glitch resulted in two-thirds of bidders not seeing a couponing instruction.

Although oil and gas revenues remain low, Oklahoma saw signs of hope for recovery in June.

Chicago is eyeing its second GO refinancing of the year, with savings expected to help chip away at the 2020 coronavirus-driven budget hole.

Restoration of tax-exempt advance refunding might be inserted into the Senate's coronavirus relief package.