Munis

Moody's Investors Service dropped Fairfield Medical Center to Ba2 from Baa3.

Rich Moore takes over the top spot at NABL during the first day of a three-day annual conference in Chicago.

This is the second letter BDA has sent to the SEC in the last couple of months opposing any kind of relief for muni advisors involved in private placements.

The law firm representing the trustee for a $250 million student housing complex accused the University of Oklahoma of predatory behavior.

With supply looking up, traders and analysts expect new issues to be well absorbed even if Treasuries correct futher.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said Thursday it is expanding the Rental Assistance Demonstration program to Section 202 PRAC units that house senior citizens.

A multiple-year recession and state leaders' failure to adequately address it led to the Fitch Ratings downgrade.

The Chicago Public Schools also came to market with a $349 million GO deal.

The governor declared the $2.1 billion Mobile River project "dead” after it a local planning organization voted it down.

California's $2.4 billion GO deal was priced for retail investors on Wednesday.

The Council of Development Finance Agencies recommends that conduit issuers cover their costs by imposing fees.

Some say a case announced yesterday echoed one last year where traders allegedly lied to get priority in their orders for newly-issued bonds.

Municipal utility MEAG is preparing to issue $725 million of bonds to finance a portion of its share of work at Plant Vogtle.

Thomas Muldoon should properly have placed his orders as dealer stock orders, the SEC found, but instead asked representatives to submit them as retail orders.

Market observers says Lori Lightfoot should go light on one-time maneuvers, avoid fiscal gimmicks, and move the city toward structural balance.

“A highly sophisticated frequent issuer may not need the same disclosures as a less sophisticated infrequent issuer,” the trade association for underwriters told the SEC.

The market will see $7.6 billion of bonds plus a $1 billion note sale coming up in a holiday-shortened week.

The Fitch Ratings outlook on the BBB San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency is now positive.

The distric is the legacy entity left to service school bonds after a new district was created to educate Detroit's children.