Munis

The top municipal bond underwriters have outperformed their 2018 first halves in both volume and transactions year over year.

While the best case scenario is a court dismissal, analysts think the state would support bondholders should the case goes against them.

The governor approved a law authorizing the state to issue bonds to finance transportation projects backed by Deepwater Horizon settlement revenue.

Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday placed Fairfield Medical Center's Baa3 rating on review for a downgrade.

The municipal bond market was little changed in quiet activity during Wednesday’s shortened trading session.

The North Texas Tollway Authority continues its aggressive refunding with $679 million of revenue bonds this month, bringing the total over the past six years to nearly $7 billion.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker denounces the move as right-wing attack to harm the state's improved standing in municipal market.

Municipal bond buyers will see a holiday-shortened week with little in the way of supply on tap.

Without a successful appeal, Employees Retirement System bondholders won't get their bond payments during the bankruptcy.

Municipal bond issuance for the year so far is within a percentage point of volume in the first half of 2018.

Investor confusion about Harvey, Illinois, and a local library district contributed to a municipal advisor and broker-dealer facing Securities and Exchange Commission charges in a bond offering gone wrong.

Municipal bond buyers saw the last of the week’s new issues come to market on Thursday.

S&P Global Ratings cut its rating to A from A-plus, and maintained a negative outlook on the South Carolina Public Service Authority.

XBRL recently released its second draft of a CAFR reporting taxonomy incorporating feedback from groups such as the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers.

Buyers of short-term municipal paper were treated to over $1.5 billion of notes from a big California issuer on Wednesday.

Omaha-Douglas County Building Commission will have to rely on additional rental payments from the city and county to pay for bonds.

A bill to dissolve the south Florida toll road authority has been sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Bank qualified debt, also known as BQ debt and bank eligible, allows banks to deduct most of the carrying cost of those bonds as a business cost.

The College of New Rochelle has defaulted on bond payments in the waning days of the school’s existence.

The spending plan for fiscal 2020 includes $446.7 million in borrowing for transportation projects in Florida.