Munis

Municipal bonds strengthened Thursday as yields fell by as much as four basis points on AAA curves but coronavirus vaccine rally in stocks slowed and UST, munis regained ground.

University of Idaho's P3 could be a model for future university deals, according to Wells Fargo bankers.

The MSRB is looking specifically for issuers and non-dealer municipal advisors.

Skanska and its Elizabeth River Crossings partner, Macquarie Infrastructure Partners, will sell the concession to an Abertis Infraestructuras S.A.-led venture.

The IRS will post quarterly updates of its enforcement strategy on the webpage of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division-Compliance Programs and Priorities.

S&P Global Ratings downgrades the Garden State's general obligation bonds one notch to BBB-plus from A-minus.

To little surprise, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged. Refinitiv Lipper reported tax-exempt muni bond funds lost about $954 million.

TMI Trust agreed to a settlement that allows bondholders to be paid interest during the Chapter 11 case of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans.

In unofficial election results, four Virginia cities appear to have won approval to open the state's first casinos; a dozen bond referendums won tentative approval.

The state's voters weighed in on a shrunken slate of school bond measures, a split-roll property tax, and a bond measure to fund stem cell research.

The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion is a "tailor-made" stimulus that will help offset the pandemic-spurred downturn, infrastructure experts say.

Their wins brighten the future of municipal bond-friendly initiatives in Congress.

The public finance industry would gain from the reinstatement of tax-exempt advance refunding and other muni-friendly measures under a Democratic sweep of the White House and both chambers of Congress.

A federal judge largely rejected the arguments offered by Wall Street banks seeking to dismiss the lawsuit, which alleges a conspiracy to fix rates in the VRDO market.

Traffic is recovering at the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, which is planning $600 million of new borrowing for its 2021 capital plan.

Oregon-based Wonderful Foundations purchases charter school buildings to lease them back to schools at a stable rent.

Financial hits to Atlantic City's hospitality industry from state limitations aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 are hindering a state agency reliant on luxury tax revenues to pay debt service on outstanding bonds.

The city of Alpharetta wants to repurpose $24.72 million in bonds issued in 2016 by the Development Authority of Alpharetta.

California will give the private activity bond capacity granted to the high-speed rail project to affordable housing projects and other qualifying ventures.

Long-term municipal bond volume is on pace to set a new record of yearly issuance, thanks in part to issuers rushing to market before the election and a continued taxable boom.