Investments

New Jersey says the Lakewood Township School District failed to deliver an adequate education. The district says it is shortchanged by state funding formulas.

The Coast Guard endorsed an elevated fixed span to replace the Interstate 5 lift bridge linking Oregon and Washington over the Columbia River.

After Mayor Brandon Johnson split the city's $260 million advance pension payment, more than 30 aldermen introduced a resolution calling for a special hearing.

"Of all these headlines, there's no direct concern for the muni market or municipal issuers. It's just tangential concerns of what this does for the economy and rates," said Brad Libby, fixed income credit analyst at Wellington Management and a fixed income portfolio manager with Hartford Funds.

The deal will come to market despite the troubles of some other student housing bonds in Florida.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore unveiled his $70.8 billion budget proposal that is designed to close a $1.5 billion gap via cuts, fund transfers and swaps of bonds for cash.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit's moratorium on new debt issuance comes as voters in five of its 13 member cities will decide whether to withdraw from the agency.

Nederland plans to sell bonds backed solely with revenue generated by the Eldora Mountain Resort, which it plans to buy and improve with the proceeds.

Major cuts to property tax revenue could push cities and counties to turn to less stable forms of revenue like sales taxes, analysts say.

Current events and financial developments outside of the muni sector mean that investors should hold off buying munis until rates correct, said Matt Fabian, president of Municipal Market Analytics.

A plan before county commissioners to put a 0.625% permanent sales tax on the April ballot to complete a bond-financed jail project failed to advance.

Native American Tribes are culling through new rules from the U.S. Treasury Department that could boost economic development.

A letter outlining the industry's priorities marks the PFN's first official act under a new nonprofit status.

Greg Goldberg jumped over from RBC Capital Markets to help Raymond James expand its public finance housing practice.

The rates market is "on edge" as global fiscal and geopolitical pressures collide, said James Pruskowski, managing director at Hennion & Walsh.

Indiana looks to entice the National Football League's Chicago Bears to move to northwest Indiana by offering state-backed bonds to fund a new stadium.

Another government shutdown later this month may be averted.

Moody's cited the enterprise's exceptional cash position and strong debt service coverage.

Counties are onboard with proposed FEMA reform that's currently gaining no traction in the Senate as smaller locales that don't issue bonds struggle with delayed disaster relief.

Fitch's three-notch senior bond downgrade reflects "substantial credit risk."