Munis

The muni market is winding down to a pause for the long holiday weekend and when the market opens back up Tuesday, big deals will be few and far between, but the market will continue its run.

Officials with the private passenger train company said contractors have been hired to extend service from West Palm Beach to Orlando.

A state authority priced $487 million of debt on behalf of Big River Steel, for a project to double the mill's capacity.

The municipal bond market saw the largest Garvee bond deal so far hit the screens on Thursday.

Lawsuits accusing banks and broker-dealers of fraud in the variable-rate demand obligation market helped cement the decision to use the platform.

The new guidance issued Wednesday under Notice 2019-39 covers, among other things, Tribal Economic Development Bonds and direct-pay Build America Bonds.

Municipal bond buyers saw a spate of large new deals hit the market on Wednesday.

Adding $374 million alleged in New York to the three other cases also filed by Johan Rosenberg brings the total damages claimed to $1.58 billion.

Lawmakers agreed to get bids for the state-owned utility, although a final decision on a sale won’t be made until 2020.

Achenbach, a former Moody’s analyst, opened AGVP Advisory to advocate for clean reliable energy and to do pubic finance consulting.

The mayor took the oath of office Monday and faces decisions soon about how to handle unfunded pension liabilities along with rising debt service and labor costs.

Environmentalists threatened to file suit after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill ordering studies and construction of the routes in rural areas of Florida.

Austin Energy expects to reduce the cost of power from an East Texas biomass plant by buying the Nacogdoches facility.

The positive side is the bipartisan legislation for reinstatement introduced by 10 House lawmakers last week has a high possibility of being included in any infrastructure legislation that passes that chamber.

Issuers are concerned that the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board reopening discussion of Rule G-23 could bring back "shady" practices.

GFOA members said they were taken aback and in some cases upset about the tone of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts' letter to regulators.

With Memorial Day and the unofficial start to the summer approaching, the municipal bond market continues to dance to the same old song.

The orchestra received a first-time A rating from S&P Global Ratings ahead of its bond sale next week.

Municipal bond industry groups have been clamoring for advance refundings to be reintroduced as well as an expansion of PABs and direct-pay bonds.

The Municipal Forum of New York presented awards to four people at its annual fund-raising dinner on Thursday night in Manhattan. Money raised at the dinner is used to support the Urban Leadership Fellows internship program.