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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.

Moody's downgrade to Aa3 affects $10.2 billion in outstanding debt.

Mark Paris and Stephanie Larosiliere of Invesco are optimistic on technicals in the municipal bond market given the length of this business cycle. John Hallacy hosts.

The Peach State hit the municipal market with a bevy of bond sales on Wednesday.

Citing new uncertainties surrounding revenue credits, Moody's downgraded the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority ahead of a $300 million deal.

The junk-rated district's latest cash flow issue was nearly eight times oversubscribed as it trimmed rates substantially from previous sales.

Texas school districts sort through the implications of a new legislative formula to increase per-pupil funding.

Nearly $300 million of municipal debt sold 12 years ago to expand Central New York's Destiny USA shopping mall were dropped to junk-level Ba2 by Moody's Investors Service.

Another big week lies in store for the municipal bond market, with a variety of big name issuers ready to sell bonds.

Alabama’s highest-ever education budget and Louisiana’s largest increase in a decade are both credit positive, Moody’s says.

A strong economy has resulted in more success for tolled managed lanes than many skeptics anticipated.

Karen Freeman-Wilson says without the bond deal to leverage the city's public safety building, Gary will end the fiscal year $42.5 million in the red.

The supply-demand imbalance, a long-term volume horoscope and valuing climate change were among the topics debated at The Bond Buyer's Midwest Conference.