Munis

Voters could experience déjà vu when they open their ballots for the February special election, which are scheduled to be mailed Friday.

Tuition revenue pressures from a sharp enrollment have prompted Vermont's Green Mountain College to close after 183 years.

Another week of sub-average issuance lies ahead for the muni market.

Many mayors were not sympathetic about the federal budget showdown, contrasting it to their own mandate to balance budgets and deliver services.

Beloit College's rating was cut to junk last year, and the restructuring is designed to ease debt covenant strains.

The idea of XBRL makes sense, sources said, but the issue is balancing costs and benefits.

The MSRB plans to file for a new effective date for new advertising requirements as soon as the government reopens.

The municipal bond market will feel like it’s still on vacation next week as supply hovers around holiday week type levels.

Recent upheaval in senior management at Michigan State University won’t impact the timeline to sell bonds to fund sex-abuse settlements.

Municipal bonds finished mostly stronger on Thursday as deals from issuers in Connecticut and New Jersey dominated action.

Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky wants to end automatic across-the-board budget cuts that include a reduction in the subsidy for direct-pay Build America Bonds.

A continuing disclosure agreement debuted in documents for the state's advance refunding of Build America Bonds.

Topics range from policy changes, regulatory developments, and pensions to interest rates, technology, and market opportunities.

Public finance attorneys Uyen Poh and Stephanie Leibe are among 46 lawyers Norton Rose Fulbright promoted to partner.

The county school superintendent appointed a fiscal advisory team to help Los Angeles Unified close a structural deficit.

Municipal bonds were mostly stronger as action in the primary slowed.

The 8^th annual Municipal Finance Conference is slated to take place July 15-16 at the Brookings Institution in the nation’s capital.

Despite the many factors pulling against our market including slowing GDP and trade uncertainty, Christopher Mier, CFA of Loop Capital, remains optimistic on the municipal market. He see upgrades outpacing downgrades and is looking for stable returns in the state and local sectors. He even has hopes for improvements in Illinois post election and believes that P3s and OPEB bonds may see more activity. John Hallacy is host.

Kettering Health Network will sell $200 million of new money and refunding bonds.

York County, fresh off the Moody's upgrade, competitively prices the first of two general obligation bond issues Thursday.