Munis

The state-supported issuance marks the initial debt offering to backstop a $523 milion initiative.

The growing P3 sector would enjoy a boost across many markets, including rural broadband, under P3-friendly provisions in the bipartisan infrastructure bill.

Congress this week will take up bills closely watched by the muni market, including infrastructure, budget and debt ceiling measures.

Public finance issuers are taking an increased interest in the applications of blockchain and distributed ledger technology, and it is entering the market in multiple ways.

Cities and representatives from the National Urban League said the infrastructure bill would be a huge boost for cities and underserved neighborhoods.

William Estes has overseen multibillion-dollar design-build and infrastructure developments for government agencies in New York.

A firm and its two principals have been charged for an improper fee-splitting arrangement under the relatively new regulatory regime for municipal advisors.

The city's high leverage drew a two-notch Moody's downgrade ahead of a pension obligation bond deal to pay the unfunded liabilities of its public safety plans.

Making the Federal Reserve's Municipal Liquidity Facility a permanent emergency lending program would be “valuable and forward thinking," Connecticut Treasurer Shawn Wooden told a House subcommittee.

Nathan Coco and Megan Preusker joined the firm this month, deepening the expertise offered by the firm's bankruptcy and restructuring practice.

Citi's muni strategy group had worried that a proposed 3% surcharge in the reconciliation bill would apply to tax-exempt interest, but now feels differently.

The authority's officials have adjusted to the hit from COVID-19 through toll hikes, capital plan reductions and lines of credit.

The House is expected to approve a stopgap funding measure that suspends the debt ceiling and marks one of several partisan showdowns ahead of the looming fiscal year-end.

A superior court judge has granted the relator a small victory in a long fought case of alleged false claims, fraud and collusion.

Tax exempt coupon income may be included in a proposed 3% high income surcharge in the reconciliation bill, Citi says

Private sector competition and unprecedented retirement rates are driving a need to attract new finance workers to a stable and thriving profession.

Muni advisors can dialogue with regulators on key obligations from multiple perspectives

With a record $3 billion going to education, Oklahoma is facing stricter accounting in the wake of charter school funding abuses.

Texas utilities face prolonged risk to their credit from weakness in the state's main electric grid, analysts warn.

Several strategists estimate the municipal market will be 50% taxable in five years if a direct-pay bond option makes its way into law.