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The Lower Colorado River Authority will price $169.5 million of revenue bonds.

Municipal bond volume continues to accelerate, closing out the month of September 39.1% higher and the quarter 17.8% higher than a year earlier, as issuers flocked to market with taxable deals.

New issuance is up by about $21B over 2018, but still lags previous years.

One of the nation's top P3 partners sees more opportunity in states where it has existing relationships with transportation agencies.

Mismanagement of real-property related taxes may be shortchanging an MTA revenue stream, said city Comptroller Scott Stringer.

It marked the fifth dispersal from a Federal Aviation Administration program that will provide $3.18 billion for airport improvements.

As we enter the fourth quarter, municipals continue their remarkable performance with the market continuing to follow trends of demand outstripping supply and inflows into the asset class.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board filed a proposed plan of adjustment Friday that would reduce the commonwealth’s debt obligations by 60% and establish a roadmap to exit bankruptcy.

Wells Fargo & Co. has named Charles Scharf to be its new chief executive officer.

The exposure draft, Replacement of Interbank Offered Rates, proposes removal of all inter-bank offered rates as an appropriate benchmark interest rate effective for reporting periods beginning after Dec. 15, 2020.

The first phase of the American Dream retail and entertainment hub next to the New Jersey Turnpike will open on Oct. 25.

Hard on the heels of SEC adoption of Rule 6c-11, Intercontinental Exchange said it would launch ETF Hub to bring greater efficiency to the ETF primary.

The continued low interest rate environment is compelling more cities to explore issuing the bonds.

Most of this week’s municipal bond deals were well received, according to Peter Delahunt of Raymond James.

A novel approach is necessary, former Housing and Urban Development secretary Heny Cisneros said at the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank's summit in Providence.

These were just a few of the topics discussed as common threads throughout the conference panels.

Low taxable rates will allow the state to reap 10% present value savings while advance refunding $285 million of tax-exempt GO debt.

At the SEC's invitation, Bond Dealers of America submitted a proposed framework for an exemptive order aimed at muni advisors on private placement deals.

The capital plan's unknowns include its effect on the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's debt levels and rating agency perceptions.

Volume should attain the lower bound of the estimates at $330 billion according to Eric Kazatsky, veteran municipal analyst and strategist. Positioning on the curve and selecting sectors with care will contribute to sound performance. John Hallacy hosts.