Coronavirus

The Senate minority leader told advocates to lean on 21 key Republicans. "Everyone has friends and family in other states," he said.

The shutdown of struggling Destiny USA due to COVID-19 could prompt more gambles from the property owner, a local expert says.

“We expect it will be years before demand returns to peak 2019 levels,” industry exec says.

California legislators met the letter of the law in passing the budget by Monday's deadline, but the state is a long way from a final spending plan.

Social distancing has some issuer officials questioning how much government infrastructure they need.

Matt Boardman, head of fixed income for RBC Wealth Management, talks with Chip Barnett, about how the municipal bond market has changed over the past few months in light of the coronavirus pandemic. He talks about how the economic effects due to COVID-19 caused a "sudden and violent" dislocation in munis for over two months and how we’ve now returned to being a more rational and reasonable market and remains vibrant and strong.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told Congress the Fed will "keep its foot" on the gas pedal until the pandemic ends.

Its $400 million GOs attracted investors, resulting in a record low interest cost of 2.31%, according to state Treasurer Shawn Wooden.

The projected shortfall is $100 million higher than in late April, but a downgrade is unlikely, an analyst says.

The SEC released an emergency order Tuesday that would allow municipal advisors to facilitate some private placement deals, which have seen an uptick during the pandemic.

The $779 million refunding will capture present value savings while pushing off some debt repayments for budget relief that Fitch called "reasonable."

The deadline to pass the city's fiscal 2021 spending plan is two weeks away and it faces a $9 billion gap.

Primary market COVID-19 disclosures increased to 2,926 filings from 2,529 the week prior. Continuing disclosures increased to 6,107 filings from 5,677.

Andy Dillon and Michael Imber from restructuring firm Conway MacKenzie explore creative options for states and cities coming out of the coronavirus pandemic. Paul Burton hosts.

With almost half of June being done and dusted, yield movement is nearly unchanged from May’s closing levels, sources said.

The Wisconsin health system's ratings have weathered the early impact of COVID-19 on its balance sheet, although S&P revised its outlook to negative.

S&P moved its outlook on St. Louis' rating to negative due to the budgetary pressures posed by the pandemic

Wearing masks and following guidelines will help boost the economy into recovery.

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva last month introduced a bill to amend the 2016 Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act.

With data from the two worst months of the year so far, state and local analysts are beginning to size up expected revenue losses.