Investments

The eight-year, $1.35 billion property tax levy would have to be approved by the City Council before going to voters in November.

A newly-proposed D.C. budget renovates a sports arena while endangering reserves.

BofA Securities remained at the top of the list.

New York State officials are unlikely to meet today's extended deadline for finalizing a fiscal 2025 budget and will probably push it back again.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom reached an agreement with Democratic leaders on early deficit-reduction tactics.

As another economic indicator pushed investors closer toward the assumption that rate cuts are farther away, the relationship between munis, USTs and the vast amount of capital sitting on the sidelines becomes more challenging to navigate, particularly ahead of the tax-filing deadline and growing new-issue calendar.

Instead of her original proposal, Miami-Dade County Mayor Levine Cava said she will work toward crafting an even larger bonding plan that will also include money for transit projects.

The DOT has made $20.5 billion available to state and local governments, in addition to signing an agreement that expands capacity at the Port of Baltimore following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Federal agencies will be required to simplify Notice of Funding Opportunities as part of a "complete overhaul" of federal financial assistance rules.

While the number is high, the par amount affected is less than the first quarter of 2023 figures.

This is the second wastewater deal since the city received an upgrade in April 2023.

The aim of the program was to create affordable moderate-income housing more quickly by acquiring existing apartment communities and converting the units to below-market-rate as existing tenants moved out.

The criteria should result in a nearly equal number of upgrades and downgrades in the next half year, according to the rating agency.

Some buying returned to the market Thursday from the buy-side and asset managers as dealers attempted to sell bonds, said Chris Brigati, senior vice president and director of strategic planning and fixed income research at SWBC.

A recent report calls for the elimination of the muni bond tax-exemption.

Two mega deals recently priced with make-whole calls for bonds due in 2034 and shorter where the market does not appear "to be penalizing issuers for including an optional make whole call feature in the short maturity tax-exempt bonds," said Pat Luby, head of Municipal Strategy at CreditSights, in a report.

S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on the university's debt to negative a month after Moody's Ratings took similar action as the school faces financial difficulties and management changes.

Peter Shapiro, founder of Swap Financial Group and a former New Jersey legislator and county executive, died at his home in East Orange on March 29 after a long illness. He was 71.

"HB 727, if signed into law, should lower borrowing costs for Kentucky school districts and will serve as a critical tool in dealing with cost overruns and other inflationary pressures," said Compass Municipal Advisors.

"Most spots on the muni AAA HG curve are at or near year-to-date highs, and the muni HG curve showed significant underperformance across the curve in March, relative to the broader fixed income market, after sizable muni outperformance in February," said J.P. Morgan strategists.