Munis

How Congress and the Trump administration navigate the next several months carries implications for municipal issuers and investors.

Bond lawyers, municipalities, and transportation officials are moving towards greater use of public private partnerships for infrastructure projects bogged down by capital constraints and high risk.

S&P Global Ratings cut the Toms River Regional School District to A-minus from A, ending a negative CreditWatch but assigning a negative outlook.

The Fayetteville City Council will decide in October whether to put bonds backed by an extension of a one-cent sales tax on the March 2026 ballot.

The ever-rising cost of projects is the number one financial challenge for municipalities, according to the latest survey from the National League of Cities.

The outlook revision to negative for the Texas Biomedical Research Institute cited weakened liquidity and reliance on federal grants, the rating agency said.

Two triple-A bond deals from the Lone Star State to finance water-related projects are scheduled to price this week in the municipal market.

The college's most recent annual comprehensive financial report is for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and S&P is concerned by the lack of timely reporting.

Doña Ana County taxable industrial revenue bonds, which will be sold to participants in the project, will enable the project to access a variety of tax breaks.

The state government is holding back school aid while it waits for lawmakers to pass a budget. That's hurting some schools more than others. 

Minnesota school districts face a financial crunch as the end of pandemic relief funds coincides with rising expenses, lower enrollment and labor pressures.

The East Baton Rouge Sewerage Commission plans to achieve savings by refunding taxable bonds with tax-exempts.

Backers of a voter-approved public safety funding proposition that led to a negative rating outlook by Moody's said the budget fails to comply with the measure.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's Financial Future Task Force released an interim report this week on Chicago's structurally imbalanced budget.

The deal is expected to conclude in the summer of 2026, and at that time Elon University will operate Queens University of Charlotte.

The House oversight subcommittee hearing was titled "Virtue Signaling vs. Vital Services."

A group of bondholders are floating fresh financing to a bankrupt metals recycler that elevates their bonds above other holders.

Minnesota plans to go to market Sept. 23 with a $1.27 billion general obligation bond sale.

Bond attorneys are eyeballing the possibility of attaching a tax title to the surface transportation reauthorization that could include issues of great interest to the municipal bond community as the appropriations process remains stuck in first gear.

Utilities, and the local governments and states that house data centers, are wrestling with policy questions about who should cover the costs of the projected spikes in water and electricity demand.