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The Jacksonville, Florida-owned utility’s managing director and chief financial officer were both fired amid turmoil over a privatization process, which was canceled.

Residents in Riverside filed a lawsuit seeking to end the city’s practice of transferring water utility revenue.

The authority approaches next week’s planned $2.5 billion of issuance buoyed by clearance of its five year, $51.5 billion capital program.

Looking back on the last decade makes one realize that we have come a long way.

The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to focus on protecting Main Street investors in municipal bonds.

Kurt Krummenacker, senior vice president at Moody's, talks about important developments in the active airport sector of the muni bond market. John Hallacy hosts.

Mediation Team Leader Barbara Houser said that mediation has recently been "productive" and should be given more time.

The municipal bond market eclipsed the $400 billion mark for the fourth time since 2010, thanks to taxable trend that led to a vault in fourth quarter volume.

The muni market finished out the last day of 2019 on a quiet note, with no deals priced and yields ending little changed.

New state funds mean the authority heads into 2020 with a stronger fiscal hand to manage capital and operating needs for at least the next five years.

Florida can issue $32.4 billion of bonds over the next decade, the state’s annual debt report concludes.

GASB’s final guidance on the Replacement of Interbank Offered Rates is expected to be issued in March, giving state and municipal governments plenty of time to make adjustments before Libor is phased out by the end of 2021.

While there are no major municipal bond sales slated for this week, next week is a different matter.

The bond trustee says its appeal of a ruling that Platte County is under no legal obligation to repay $32 million of Zona Rosa bonds will be heard.

The governor said that the government must now move toward a long-term solution to WAPA's problems.

The Dayton International Airport didn't meet its goal to add one new flight in 2019.

State government issuers are expected to sell $4.68 billion of new money bonds in fiscal 2020, a 6.5% increase, according to the Texas Bond Review Board.

Illinois residents will experience stop-and-go deja vu next year, with many construction projects continuing from years past.

To avoid a return of the economic downturn, the board may need to improve its program to promote economic growth. Part V of a five-part series.

As surface transportation funding is set to expire later in 2020, a new reauthorization could help push muni bond initiatives next year.