Munis

Municipal bond issuers say investors, analysts and regulators should narrow down the information they are looking for in their push for more disclosure.

The board is considering whether it should allow dealer-affiliated municipal advisors to count towards the MA board seat requirement on a smaller board.

After two recounts produced different results, the Midland Independent School District's $569 million measure bond fell 26 votes short.

Faced with falling enrollment at its state universities, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham wants to spend more money on college students.

With demand at an all-time high and record inflows that is continuing to come into the market, one would think there would be more issuance.

The Securities and Exchange Commission will discuss voluntary disclosure and buy-side perspectives among other topics in March.

A grand jury is probing the Jacksonville-owned utility as well as a community-based group and a special City Council investigative committee.

The deal comes as the state's transportation plans will shift to rely more on cash than on commission borrowing going forward.

Miroslava Mejia Krug is a veteran of top fiscal posts at two Chicago-area private higher education institutions.

The state sold tax-exempt refunding debt at 2019 rates but won't deliver them until 2021 when the call date of the original bonds is reached.

The Palmyra-Eagle district can't dissolve, and must find a way to close a looming budget gap as its reserves and enrollment dwindle.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said he "would like to see at least a couple of hundred billion dollars of new federal bonds."

The Securities and Exchange Commission wll work with the market to change secondary disclosure habits without a mandate, issuers and analysts said.

The high-demand market environment boosted Philadelphia’s first general obligation bond deal of 2020.

Gov. Henry McMaster wants to sell the state-owned utility after its nuclear project debacle; a report to lawmakers on bids for Santee Cooper has been delayed.

Whether new dedicated revenue for the MTA or its higher total debt holds more sway in the capital markets remains an open question.

At Jefferson High School, the community wants more seats in its historic auditorium. Students and parents at Southeast Portland's Cleveland High want to build classrooms, and possibly a performing arts center, on top of the parking lot behind the Burgerville on Powell Boulevard.

County and school leaders need to decide by this summer, at the very latest, if they will seek voters' permission this year to issue bonds to pay for school construction.

Its top goal is to increase to $30 million the size of bank-qualified tax-exempt bond issues that can be sold to banks under favorable terms.

The top municipal bond counsel saw $265.58 billion of business in the first three quarters of 2019, up from $237.49 billion a year earlier. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP once again found itself on top with Hawkins Delafield and Wood gaining some ground.