Investments

Municipal bonds finished stronger on Wednesday as the bulk of the week’s new issue supply swept into the market.

Municipal bond volume dropped for a fourth straight month in May, falling 19.8% from a year earlier as new money deals failed to take up the slack from a plunge in refundings.

Maricopa County, Ariz. is mulling final approval of a $2.49 billion budget.

Wayne County, Michigan hopes to parlay positive credit news into savings on an upcoming jail project issue.

New Jersey Economic Development Authority cigarette tax bonds were revised to negative by S&P Global Ratings.

Maryland appeals federal judge’s ruling requiring a redo of ridership projections on Purple Line P3.

An 11-year decrease in Kentucky's workforce upended a key formula underpinning its pension system.

Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session as the first of the week’s new issue supply swept into the market.

Hartford, Conn.’s Ba2 rating is under review for a downgrade, said Moody's Investors Service.

Municipal bond traders are anxiously waiting the week’s first wave of issuance.

Prospects are bleak for a breakthrough on Illinois’ two-year-old state budget stalemate.

Pricing wires for negotiated bond offerings

Pricing wires for competitive bond offerings

Bankruptcy is no cure for junk-rated Chicago Schools’ fiscal ills, says schools chief Forrest Claypool.

The Highland School Board approved the issuance $5.5 million worth of bonds at its meeting on May 22.

With $100,285,000 in lease-revenue bonds formally issued Friday, Contra Costa County will now accelerate the planning for a new county administration building downtown and a new emergency operations center near Highway 4.

Minnesota voters are shooting down school bond issues at the highest rate in years, with five out of six referendums rejected last week alone.

The Jefferson County Board Friday approved a measure to re-finance a portion of its jail bonds.

An attorney representing a group of Moses Lake residents who are challenging the outcome of last February's $135 million school construction bond election has filed an appeal with a court in Spokane this week.

A federal judge ordered a freeze on Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. (COFINA) debt payments Tuesday.