Munis

Refinitiv Lipper reported $139.364 million of muni fund inflows, the 17th week in a row of positive results, but the lowest gain since July.

Georgia Power said in its latest report for the Plant Vogtle project that more than 800 workers have contracted COVID-19, and most have recovered.

The Florida State Board of Administration Finance Corp. deal was upsized by $1 billion on a day that gave muni buyers a wide variety of paper to choose from.

Briefs from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the passenger railroad argue that private activity bonds for the Florida project were allocated correctly.

Neal, the most influential advocate for tax-advantaged bonds in Congress, is assured re-election because Republicans are not fielding a candidate in November.

The California Housing Finance Agency made its first use of a program that enables it to issue bonds beyond its yearly private activity bond cap.

Municipal bond volume kept rolling in August, producing the second-highest volume for the month in the past decade, marking the third consecutive month this year of greater-than $40 billion.

Rep. Richard Neal was the lead architect of the muni-friendly provisions in the Moving Forward Act which passed the House in July.

The university and its health system are experiencing the biggest shortfalls ever, president Thomas Katsouleas told Connecticut lawmakers.

In taking advantage of historically low taxable municipal bond rates, Florida's deal should be attractive for yield-starved investors, state official says.

The Chicago Board of Education warns of tough spending decisions ahead if the federal government doesn't act on a new stimulus/relief package.

More supply sold Thursday as the Chicago Transit Authority, the Austin ISD, Texas and Kern HSD, Calif., all came to market.

Municipal issuers in the Far West sold $38.7 billion in bonds during the first six months of 2020, 8.8% more than they did the year before.

At a feisty board meeting, officials rolled out draconian scenarios of service cuts and fare and toll hikes should Washington help not materialize.

Ashton Goodfield, head of municipal bonds at DWS Group, talks with Chip Barnett about how the municipal bond market has been coping with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and what's in store for the rest of the year. (22 minutes)

Munis continued to weaken with yields on the AAA scales rising by as much as three basis points.

A Government Finance Officers Association-led working group put out recommendations this week on timely and pandemic-related disclosure.

Municipal bond issuers in the Southeast sold $27.7 billion of debt, down 7% year-over-year as the region saw fewer big transportation and prepay gas deals.

The region's municipal bond issuers borrowed $40.4 billion during the first half of the year as record low rates more than tripled refunding activity.

Trump's bare-bones campaign agenda released Aug. 23 promises to “build the world’s greatest infrastructure system.”