Munis

Municipal bond buyers grabbed general obligation bonds from California and New York City on Thursday.

Victor Quiroga Jr. previously was a vice president at Frost Bank.

The House speaker wants a $2 billion school bond bill to fund capital needs, but the Senate's leader wants a pay-as-you-go approach.

State Sen. John Moorlach's legislation would make California only the second state to adopt the machine-readable computer language for financial documents.

A wide variety of projects would be eligible under the bill, including airports, ports, transit, and more.

Some issuers were concerned about precedents they would be setting and questions underwriters could have regarding compliance with the amended rule.

FA Jeff Larson said the $2.7 billion in nonrated bonds are expected to price in late March.

An easier procedure for declaring when a reissuance occurs is among NABL's recommendations.

With plans to grow and improve more than 5,400 miles of electrical transmission lines, the Lower Colorado River Authority will issue $369.7 million of revenue bonds.

Bedarff was a fixture in the Kentucky and Ohio public finance worlds and a nationally respected expert.

The firm's new chief executive sees a wealth of assets, a positive employee culture, and great potential for growth.

Huron Schools is seeking voter passage of a $49,075,000 bond issue request for 30 years on May 7.

Small holders are disproportionately impacted by the way the restructuring was conducted, said Glenn Ryhanych of BlueList Partners.

Weekly bond volume is estimated at $5.84 billion, consisting of of $4.58 billion of negotiated deals and $1.27 billion of competitive sales.

Moody's Investors Service lowered the Philadelphia-based university to Baa1.

Lawmakers, without making a decision to sell, voted to get formal offers for the state-owned utility from four companies.

Muni buyers scrambled to snatch up the last of this week’s new issues on Thursday.

The request for comment could be a prelude to a rule amendment dialing back one muni advisor responsibility.

Municipal bond issuance jumped 29.2% in February, and may climb further as the initial effects of the 2017 tax act fade.

The region's 2018 new money bond sales were up 2% year-over-year, but refundings fell 57%.