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In 2024, variable rate (short put) issuance is up 6.4% increase year-over-year, LSEG data shows. Few expect issuance to return pre-financial crisis levels.

The Ohio county seated in Cleveland is only one of many jurisdictions where officials are grappling with weakening sales tax revenues.

The 0.34% sales tax rate increase would raise an estimated $70 million annually for Colorado's only safety net healthcare provider.

Total volume currently stands at $224.13 billion, up 38.5% from $161.848 billion at this time last year. As the end of the first half approaches, several firms are revisiting their supply projections for the year, given the growth so far this year.

In a one-day special session, lawmakers passed a bill expanding an economic development bond program to finance venues for the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals.

A 2023 U.S. Appeals Court ruling derailed federal approvals for the Uinta Basin Railway, which plans to seek up to $2 billion in private-activity bonds.

With a tax battle looming, the chair of the powerful committee will guide tax policy.

While the muni market lobbies for its wish list, investors keep in mind that any tax rate changes affect appetite and market technicals.

S&P Global Ratings dropped Houghton University to BB-plus from BBB-minus, citing a track record of deficits plus a large operating shortfall.

Legislation passed by Utah lawmakers during a special session addresses concerns from the Intermountain Power Agency about a new law to keep a coal-fired power plant operating.

Investors may want to consider non-disclosure of climate hazards as a symbol of non-resilient projects and limited planning.

The legislature addressed the cost of a $329 million property tax refund in the state's largest county as well as passed a fiscal 2025 budget.

Ten other pension obligation bonds are under review by Fitch Ratings as a result of the agency's new local government criteria.

The spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1 contains no tax increases or new fees and puts off finding a recurring solution for a structural budget gap.

Interest on out of state municipal bonds will now be taxable.

Oversight Board Executive Director Robert Mujica said the only recently released fiscal 2022 ACFR showed revenues and expenditures continue to be imbalanced.

The top five bond financings have an average dollar volume of more than $1.9 billion.

The bonds are part of a proposed settlement with the city's firefighters union that would need court approval.

Milwaukee Public Schools is months late in submitting the annual financial audit reports amid turmoil that has seen its superintendent and comptroller depart.

The top five bond financings have an average dollar volume of more than $1.2 billion.