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The budget and a five-year plan hint at what County Board President Toni Preckwinkle would do if she is elected Chicago mayor.

The muni market is lined up for just two deals $100 million or larger before the holiday.

County Executive George Latimer’s first budget aims to restore fiscal health after years of operating deficits.

The passenger train operation will rebrand as Virgin Trains USA after a small investment from Richard Branson's Virgin Group.

Amazon's decision spurred debate about public incentives to corporations, infrastructure and housing, and how it all weighs on municipal credit.

It's more appropriate to visualize management fees as capital that is expected to be fully recovered.

The municipal bond market is in for a sleepy Thanksgiving holiday week with a small slate of supply ahead as trading activity is confined to two and a half days.

Christian Sobrino Vega, the commonwealth’s representative to the Puerto Rico Financial Oversight and Management Board, made clear in an interview with The Bond Buyer that the commonwealth has not and will not intermingle federal disaster aid with debt payments to the island’s bondholders.

Chicago came to market Thursday with its two-week delayed sales tax securitization bonds.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, fell to 4.28% from 4.33% the week before.

S&P Global Ratings now rates New York personal income tax and sales tax bonds AA-plus.

The board wants to avoid invoking its power to force spending cuts to pay for the expected annual payment to government workers.

Platte County's lawsuit is the latest turn in its efforts to shed its obligation to repay bonds for a struggling shopping center.

A federal court imposed an unusually stiff financial penalty and a lifetime ban against the already-jailed Christopher St. Lawrence.

Voters appear to have rejected $8.9 billion water bond measure only five months after approving a $4 billion water bond.

Sycamore Advisors taps muni veterans Dominick Setari and Chris Valentino to help build its Northeast muni business.

Fitch Ratings dropped the South Carolina utility’s rating two notches to A-minus and revised the outlook to negative, citing a legal claim by its largest customer.

Chicago is heading to market Thursday with a scaled-down version of sales tax securitization bonds.

A new algorithm is used to examine retail markups to determine the impact of the disclosure rule.

The deal allows the authority to exit a 280-year lease and take ownership of the station, the Hudson Line and the Harlem Line.