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Cook County and the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund reported improving pension health, while the unfunded liabilities of Chicago funds worsened in 2020.

As summer beckons, it's time for a reporters' roundtable with some of the Bond Buyer's senior staff. Yvette Shields, Karen Pierog, Keeley Webster and Thomas Nocera talk with Chip Barnett about what's hot in their regions and what municipal bond market participants should expect to see in the months ahead. (25 minutes)

Issuers need to be careful with bonds specifically marketed as green, said the head of Office of Municipal Securities.

Gilt-edged Maryland typically helps to guide triple-A yield curves.

The selloff in Treasuries and the continued strength of municipals have done their part to richen muni-UST ratios.

The COVID-19 pandemic is largely in the rearview mirror for toll roads in Texas, where traffic and revenue are climbing and population growth is fueling demand.

The MSRB addressed its controversial request for information during the Government Finance Officers Association’s first live conference in two years.

A decades-old policy position on taxable debt and recommendations for issuance of variable-rate debt were among the issues taken up by the GFOA's debt committee.

Investors will be greeted Monday with an increase in supply with the new-issue calendar estimated at $6.488 billion, led by $1 billion-plus of GOs from Maryland in the competitive market.

Mayor Eric Garcetti emphasized the city’s robust reserves and plans to issue housing bonds to aid efforts to alleviate homelessness.

Some observers of Puerto Rico politics are concerned its government continues to avoid fiscal responsibility, ignoring past mistakes that led to the bankruptcy.

Local police funds challenging the suburban and downstate police and firefighter pension fund consolidation appealed a court decision that upheld it.

The seasonal factors of a supply and demand mismatch, reinvestment needs and strong credit fundamentals, have opened a window of opportunity.

High-yield raked in the majority of the flows helped by Nuveen reopening two of its high-yield funds to new investors. Participants remain cautious as macroeconomic effects still hang over the market.

After next fiscal year, the governor expects both revenues and spending to increase.

Turner & Townsend aims to double its North American growth by 2025 as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is rolled out.

Municipals posted gains for the first time in 2022 in May, outperforming U.S. Treasuries on the month. The Bloomberg Muni Index posted a 1.49% return in May bringing losses down to 7.47% year to date.

Even as the U.S. deal pipeline builds, public pension funds still need to look outside the country when they want to invest in infrastructure.

Proceeds from the sale of the $406 million of general obligation bonds will fund infrastructure projects including roads, parks and recreational facilities.

June redemptions will be the highest of the year at $50.6 billion. New-issue supply — 30-day visible is currently at $15.5 billion — is unlikely to keep up.