Munis

The changes will slim down underwriters' disclosures to issuers, which many believed had become too lengthy and wordy to be useful.

The port saw a 19.1% year-over-year drop in port container traffic in October amid the trade war with China.

Moody's Investors Service raised its outlook from negative and affirmed its B1 rating.

A day after a big correction, the White House sent mixed signals on Friday setting up a possible flight-to-quality for munis next week.

The labor deal with teachers to end an 11-school-day strike puts pressure on Chicago Public Schools in the out years, say FItch and S&P.

Some of the largest school districts in Texas are coping with falling enrollment amid growing bond programs.

The number of trades decreased about 16% to 2.01 million from the same quarter in 2018.

The state government will sideline Houston Independent School District's elected board and take control of the state's largest school district.

California, Massachusetts and New York came closest to utilizing their volume caps for PABs in 2018, according to a recent survey by the Council of Development Finance Agencies.

Moody's Investors Service says the law is good for holders of local GO bonds, though it remains untested in bankruptcy court.

Illinois’ competitive $750 million general obligation issue proved an easy sell with tight cover bids.

Transportation Secretary James Trogdon says Dale Folwell's allegations of overspending are unsupported.

The junk-rated school district revised its fiscal 2020 budget to reflect the contract that ended a teachers' strike, but long-term questions remain.

A deal this week will refinance Indiana Finance Authority lease appropriation bonds issued in 2008 for a convention center expansion project.

The number of letter rulings fell to four in 2018 when the fee rose to $28,300, from 16 rulings in 2008 when the fee was only $11,500.

All but a $60 million tax-exempt new money piece of UTA's $511.5 million revenue bond deal is taxable.

Ahead of the deal, Moody's revised its outlook on the hospital system's Aa3 rating to positive from stable.

At an SEC Fixed Income Market Structure Committee meeting on Monday, participants suggested giving out awards to incentivize issuers to submit timely financial information.

The nonprofit electricity wholesaler is refunding bonds issued in 2009 and 2015 that are tied to the Prairie State Energy Campus.

After seeing a whopping $52 billion of new issuance in October, the new paper will continue to flood the market during the busiest week of the year.