General obligation bonds

Illinois spreads are rising as the state plots its first sale of 2018 for May.

The number of people being pushed into homelessness continues to outpace efforts to help them.

With flooding from Hurricane Harvey still fresh in voters' minds, officials in Texas' largest county see an urgent need for a flood-control proposal.

Issuers across the Southeast sold $68.5 billion of bonds in 2017, a 5.8% year-over-year decrease.

Financial advisor and attorney Calvin Grigsby vowed to appeal a judge's ruling finding that his former client has absolute immunity from lawsuits.

Six months after Hurricane Harvey swept ashore, municipal utility districts along the Texas coast retain strong credit outlooks.

Rising unfunded pension and healthcare liabilities and bond financing plans led a state committee to recommend increasing the debt cap.

The Legislature is considering bills imposing new requirements on Florida cities and counties to increase taxes and approve bond issues.

Robert Feyer passed the baton to Bryan Victor as lead bond counsel for the largest municipal bond issuer.

Utah will bring $326 million of triple-A general obligation bonds to market to fund an ambitious prison relocation and transportation projects.

A task force wants New Jersey to issue $400 million of GO bonds to upgrade aging water systems.

The California Water Commission sent all 11 applicants for water storage bond money back to the drawing board.

Gov. John Bel Edwards released a spending plan for 2019 targeting health care and higher education to bridge much of the deficit.

The proposed bond measure would get taxpayers to pay for lead paint abatement in California houses.

California's transportation secretary, Brian Kelly, will assume the helm at California High-Speed Rail Authority.

Mark Dayton's proposed capital budget would dole out more than $500 million for higher education projects.

State agencies and universities are expected to generate 26% less bond volume this fiscal year, according to the Texas Bond Review Board.

The property taxes securing Sonoma County, Calif. bonds are estimated to fall short because of the October wildfires.

State lawmakers reconvene on Jan. 17.

Bond director Ben Watkins lamented the loss of the refinancing tactic that helped refinance 62% of the state’s debt portfolio.