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Dealer groups believe that some sections of the proposed amended guidance such as complex financing and disclosure standards would add complexity to the rule.

The board overseeing the Jacksonville-owned municipal electric, water, and sewer utility plans to decide by March if JEA should be be privatized.

G. Scott Rafshoon, a veteran expert in P3s, has been hired as a partner in Squire Patton Boggs’ Atlanta office.

The school is spending money in an effort to boost its image and reverse a decline in enrollment.

The authority is slated to issue $41.9 million of revenue refunding bonds in a competitive deal Thursday.

Heavyweight ballot measures include $3.5 billion from the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County and $3 billion for the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas.

Nearly two in three finance officers in large cities predict a recession in the next year or two.

The California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank agreed to issue $3.25 billion for the proposed line linking Vegas and Victorville, California.

With interest rates likely to fall lower after Fed policy makers meet, already favorable market conditions for municipal issuers will get even better.

Cleveland Clinic's bond refunding follows a nearly $1 billion offering the system priced in April as it integrates recent Florida acquisitions.

S&P based its decisions on Altria's downgrade and the lower-than-expected master settlement payments.

S&P Global reports state HFAs are maintaining high ratings this year, “buoyed by demand for affordable housing and mortgages, low interest rates, relatively low unemployment, increasing wages, and the overall strong domestic economy.”

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration says the forecast shows that Illinois needs to change its income tax structure.

The expiration of a federal highway bill could provide a catalyst for expanding bonds, according to former Senate Finance Committee tax counsel, Ryan Abraham.

Interest rates the district will pay on a recent $600 million deal are lower than it paid in its previous bond deal a year and a half ago.

Marybeth Frantz Orsini has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in the firm’s public finance group.

The new wave of bond issuance continued unabated as more sales priced on Wednesday.

llinois paper is looking more attractive when held up to Chicago city and Chicago Public Schools bonds, Citi analysts write.

Wisconsin will refund $622 million of taxable 2008 bonds in a sale that sheds swaps tied to Libor.

Municipal market participants got some comfort about their fraud liability if they act in good faith on interim financial disclosures.