Munis

City officials say their citizens' buy-in will lead them to success in a sector where other municipalities struggled in competition with corporate providers.

The Public Buildings Renewal Act would authorize $5 billion in private activity bonds for the construction or rehabilitation government-owned buildings.

Municipal bond volume will fall to $5.5 billion in the upcoming week, with green deals from Illinois and Arizona.

The Illinois Finance Authority takes retail orders Tuesday on the $450 million SRF deal before pricing Wednesday.

After two months of gains from 2018 levels, municipal issuance sank 7% from March last year as the loss of advance refundings continues to take a toll.

Former college official Keith Borge was charged Thursday with defrauding municipal securities investors and concealing the school’s crumbling finances.

If the ruling holds, analysts said special revenue bonds may have to be re-evaluated based on the general credit of the issuer.

Connecticut’s GOs hit the market on Thursday as municipal buyers snapped up the last of the week’s sizeable deals.

Presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar rolled out her trillion dollar infrastructure plan, supporting Move America and Build America bonds.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded one public electric utility and assigned negative outlooks to three after reviewing potential wildfire liability exposure.

A former municipal advisor accused of billing a city thousands of dollars for services it did not receive is now facing criminal fraud charges.

Rising passenger totals at Bradley International Airport prompted a bond sale to fund a consolidated car rental facility.

As Congress prepares work on an infrastructure package, the transportation secretary endorsed private funding through pensions and endowment funds.

Ahmed Abonamah, a senior counsel to the director in the SEC’s Office of Municipal Securities, told the National Muni Bond Summit SEC Chair Jay Clayton has concerns about the timeliness of issuers’ financial information disclosure.

Its $1.5 billion unrated deal will be sold to qualified institutional buyers to finance Florida’s privately owned passenger train project.

The lawsuit filed in federal court is now the second national suit alleging fraud in the variable-rate debt market.

After building a client base among Arizona cities and taxing districts at Gust Rosenfeld, Zachary Sakas is looking for new opportunities at Sherman & Howard.

Jason Dudich will join the University of Indianapolis at the end of May as vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer.

Mid-size issuers may be experiencing the greatest impact, with one municipality even reporting that an underwriter withdrew a bid over a disclosure requirement.

FEMA denied California reimbursement for a portion of Oroville Dam repairs, saying the state failed to maintain it.