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Hospital and health insurance operator UPMC's $735 million deal looks routine. But the volatile healthcare and insurance environments may disrupt that standard.
March 18
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Moody's Ratings revised the outlook to negative from stable but affirmed the A1 rating on the CTA's senior lien sales tax bonds.
March 17
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The Department of Transportation is signaling moves away from Biden-era infrastructure spending tied to environmental concerns and heading back to more formula funding, which is welcome news for transportation heads.
March 14
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With at least one important aquifer reaching peak allowable draw this year, Florida's water utilities are looking at a variety of infrastructure approaches.
March 6
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Mass deportations and tariffs on key trade partners are expected to have a "significant" negative impact on the U.S. and California economies, according to the UCLA Anderson Forecast.
March 5
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The planned fiscal 2026 increase in bonding is expected to continue for several years.
February 27
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The MTA took a victory lap on congestion pricing, presenting new data and rebuking the "existential threat" from the White House.
February 27
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The 116% surge in healthcare bond sales from 2023 marked "a splash back from depressed issuance the few years prior," said Matt Fabian, partner at Municipal Market Analytics.
February 24
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The number of transportation issues surged to 529 last year from 405 in 2023, according to LSEG data.
February 24
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The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works begins the process of untangling the bureaucratic red tape of permitting to speed the pace of infrastructure improvements and housing initiatives which often leverages bond proceeds.
February 19
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A federal court has given an outside debtor-in-possession loan "superpriority" over the bondholders' lien.
February 13
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Management is hiring a municipal advisor to evaluate its financial strategy.
February 10
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The ratings agency cited weaker than expected financial performance in fiscal 2024 and a slow anticipated recovery in coming years.
February 6
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The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority will issue $475 million in green sales tax revenue bonds for capital projects and refunding.
February 6
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Transportation officials and lawmakers are exploring the road ahead for the Highway Trust Fund, electric vehicle user fees, and the reauthorization of the surface transportation bill as friction over funding mounts.
February 5 -
San Francisco's commercial real estate struggles, Oakland's looming bankruptcy concerns, and the broader economic headwinds facing the Bay Area take center stage in this episode. Chris Thornberg of Beacon Economics and public policy analyst Marc Joffe join senior reporter Keeley Webster to discuss the impact of hybrid work trends, housing shortages, tax policies, and what it will take for these cities to stabilize their financial futures.
February 4
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S&P Global Ratings revised the outlook on Southern California Edison and its parent company citing the potential depletion of the state's bond wildfire fund.
February 4
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Plans to sell a bankrupt municipal bond-financed care facility to a private equity firm threaten to upend care for its frail senior residents.
February 3
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The zero-interest loan fund was announced following a Thursday meeting of CHFFA, the conduit chaired by Ma that will administer the program.
January 31
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Two public electric utilities in Los Angeles County received negative outlooks from S&P citing costs, liabilities, and litigation stemming from wildfires.
January 29
