Munis

Houston expects strong demand for the refunding bonds pricing on two days this week.

An increased reliance on endowment spending put the highly selective liberal arts college at risk of a credit downgrade.

Refundings rebounded in the first half of 2019, but total bond volume across the Southwest fell to a six-year low.

Municipal bond volume is 2% ahead of last year, as volume sans advance refundings is starting to level out and normalize.

Public facilities and electric power were the sectors with the biggest declines.

Short-term notes rose 17.9% in the first half of 2019 based on low rates, high demand, flatter yield curve and a backlog of projects.

An Illinois circuit court judge will decide whether the case can proceed by the end of August.

After a wild and crazy week that saw the yield curve invert for the first time in 12 years, recession talk, and record lows for muni yields — there was a much calmer tone on Friday.

The $450 million in bond-financed improvements are part of negotiations to extend the contract of the NFL's New Orleans Saints.

Jack D. Davis II will decide by the end of the month whether to let the lawsuit challenging $14.3 billion of state debt proceed.

The municipal bond market took a breather on Thursday as the last of the week’s larger deals came and went.

The fixed-rate bonds refund more than 50% of the Indianapolis Airport Authority’s floating rate bonds and terminate associated interest rate swaps.

California joined 21 other states and seven local governments to sue the federal government in an effort to overturn what they see as pro-coal rulemaking.

Though the presidential candidate field is still large, some have proposed detailed infrastructure plans related to broadband and water systems.

Thousands of voters want the constitutional amendment on the 2020 ballot while utilities and groups ask the Florida Supreme Court to strike it down.

The law firm is bolstering its infrastructure project presence with the addition of an attorney who has helped advance some of the nation’s largest P3s.

The evolution of muni advocacy has been in progression for years, though it was further galvanized by the shock and dismay at the 2017 tax reform.

Nuveen and AllianceBernstein say Warlander Asset Management may be using the lawsuit to generate an "enormous profit" from credit default swaps.

Judge John Cooper ruled that the bill to abolish the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority unconstitutionally usurps the county's home rule authority.

After effortlessly taking down $13.2 billion of bonds this past week, muni buyers will see another above-average issuance week with $7.6B.