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BondLink and ICE said the deal will provide issuers with direct access to real-time market data as they come to market and throughout the lifecycle of a bond.

The American Infrastructure Bonds Act of 2021 would create a new series of direct-pay bonds that, unlike BABs, would be exempt from federal budget sequester cuts.

Reported savings from advance refundings make great headlines, but they come with a concealed opportunity cost: waiting with refunding until the call date is likely to be considerably more beneficial.

The mammoth California hospital chain reached a preliminary $575 million settlement agreement in March in an antitrust lawsuit.

The White House and a bipartisan cadre of lawmakers appear committed to getting infrastructure, including top muni market lobbying goals, achieved.

The state has allocated $1.3 billion over three years to repair and replace 163 buildings, General Treasurer Seth Magaziner reported.

“Our net present value savings were $191.5 million or a record-setting 29%," said North Texas Tollway Authority Chief Financial Officer Horatio Porter.

An increase to $30 billion from $15 billion on the PAB allotment overseen by the Department of Transportation was one suggestion a House panel heard Thursday.

The administration of Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state legislature have separate efforts that would result in increased climate risk disclosure.

In her role as senior vice president of credit for municipal and corporate bonds, Urtz is overseeing a redesign of FHN's primary website for fixed-income transactions.

The measure expands opportunity for lower-income students and broadens geographical reach of college, backers say.

Change is afoot for CPS as its leader Janice Jackson is leaving and legislation stripping Chicago's mayor of full power to appoint CPS board members gains legislative momentum.

More Illinois districts were lifted into the top fiscal category last year even as they navigated the start of COVID-19 pandemic

The chief opponent of the measure is the Arizona Board of Regents that governs the state’s three public universities.

The $8.5 billion on the ballots included $6.5 billion for schools, $1.6 billion for cities, $319 million for counties and $139 million for community colleges.

With federal aid rolling out, the municipal credit picture is improving and issuers are coming to market at a faster clip. An infrastructure package could push issuance levels even higher.

The North Texas Tollway Authority will sell a mix of taxable first-tier and tax-exempt second-tier bonds in the refunding transaction.

Public finance groups hope that the Biden administration will show the same support for tax-exempt bonds that House Democrats do.

Bank of America and Citigroup, the top two underwriters in the $3.9 trillion municipal bond market, are at risk of getting shut out of Texas because of a push by Republican state lawmakers to punish the banks for their restrictive gun policies.

A deep dive into how President Biden's plans will affect infrastructure spending, ESG, tax-exempt munis and the municipal bond market at large.