Munis

Phil Murphy wants to put a $500 million bond referendum before voters to help pay for making the state’s water systems lead-free.

Also revealed is the addition of longtime NABL member Perry Israel to the Edelweiss Fund legal team.

St. Louis-based Ascension Health Alliance will price up to $856 million through the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority.

Rampant issuance continues with $12.4 billion, heavy on taxable deals. Meanwhile, the end of this volatile week had the secondary getting whacked with AAA benchmarks showing big cuts.

The Jacksonville, Florida, municipal utility received 16 bids from buyers wanting to purchase its electric and water systems.

From its founding by a single lawyer in 1919, the century-old firm became Texas' dominant law firm in public finance.

Issuers from New York, Florida and Nebraska offered buyers notes, bonds and taxable deals.

Paul Malloy, head of municipals and credit research at Vanguard, tells why investors should take the long view to achieve relative value in munis as the year ticks on. Chip Barnett and Lynne Funk host.

MSRB Chief Education Officer Ritta McLaughlin will be the fifth senior official to leave the MSRB in the last couple of months.

The general obligation bond measure would allocate $9 billion to K-12 schools and $6 billion to the state's universities and community colleges.

Competitive issues dominated Wednesday’s calendar with issuers from Nevada, Texas and New Jersey leading the pack.

The sections pertaining to public finance can be implemented immediately.

Though many participants were pleased with changes the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has proposed for its fair dealing guidance, some worried about new compliance expectations.

The Florida Department of Transportation filed motions with an appellate court challenging the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority’s lower-court wins.

Spending and economic strains loom as challenges for the state government, S&P Global Ratings’ Carol Spain said in a recent presentation.

The deal allows the university to shed a master trust indenture and concentrate its debt under the University of Nebraska Facilities Corp.

The proposed transition regulation addresses the possibility that such a modification of a debt instrument, derivative, or other financial contract could be a taxable transaction for federal income tax purposes or could result in other tax consequences.

The city's municipal expects $44 million of present-value savings in the $244 million deal to refund 2010 BABs.

Administrative failures or a lack of understanding of the rule may be to blame.

Following suit with the issuers and underwriters, top muni financial advisors were outpacing business done to this point last year with $224.84 billion, up from $206.93 billion. The first three spots in the rankings remained the same for the big players, as the rest of the field saw a bevy of changes.