Munis

Municipal supply continues to grow as Bond Buyer 30-day visible supply sits at $20.02 billion and the municipal market will see one of the largest weeks of new-issuance at an estimated $13.35 billion, led by three billion-plus deals from Washington, D.C. ($1.6 billion), the New York City Transitional Finance Authority ($1.5 billion) and Illinois ($1 billion).

It's the latest proposal for a type of national infrastructure financing structure in lieu of the municipal bond market.

Iowa has the largest number of poor bridges, followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois.

Few in the municipal bond industry have had as far reaching an impact on the institutions, best practices and local developments the way Kenneth Lind, the longtime point man for the Metropolitan Transit Authority, has both as in house and outside counsel.

Subsidence has delayed completion of the new Belle Chasse Bridge, a project led by one of the developers of the $2.3 billion Calcasieu Bridge project.

South Dakota voters will have the opportunity to end the state tax on groceries this November.

Illinois will sell up to $1.1 billion of general obligation refunding bonds and $600 million of taxable and tax-exempt GO bonds by the end of September.

The one-notch general obligation and certificates of participation rating downgrades resulted from the application of Fitch's updated criteria.

S&P cited increased near-term capital needs in explaining the lowered outlook.

As extreme weather events occur with more frequency across the country, Michael Gaughan, executive director of the Vermont Bond Bank, says municipal bond banks can help smaller communities deal with the effects of them. Gaughan speaks with The Bond Buyer's Lynne Funk on the effects of climate change and how the various levels of government can work together to address it.