Munis

Municipal bonds rallied Thursday as yields fell as much as six basis points in spots.

The commonwealth's rainy-day fund exceeds $2 billion for the first time in 11 years, state Treasurer Deborah Goldberg said.

Fitch Ratings said the BB-minus rating on Brightline’s $600 million of private activity bonds was removed because the project has changed strategic focus.

Republican Rep. Randy Hultgren co-founded the group in March 2016 with Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland, who will continue as the Democratic co-chair.

Todd Barker was one half of a duo the SEC said engaged in a $62 million fraudulent senior housing bond scheme.

A think tank is urging residents to support selling the state-owned utility saying that would relieve ratepayers of paying billions in debt.

Market groups welcomed the MSRB’s announcement of EMMA’s readiness.

The Internal Revenue Service has told bond attorneys that the law doesn’t explicitly say that veterans are a special needs population under the rules for the tax-exemption for multifamily private activity bonds.

The St. Louis-based, multi-state Catholic health system is selling $175 million of taxable paper Tuesday.

The University of Connecticut envisions a development partnership through a special-purpose entity to construct a hockey arena on its Storrs campus.

As U.S. airports crowd into the debt market to fund capital projects, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport will increasingly turn to taxable bonds.

Tim Romer, Goldman Sachs’ longtime head of West Region, will retire in early 2019, leaving his post in the public sector and infrastructure banking group to Ritu Kalra.

The deal allows advisory firm Columbia to grow on the West Coast by combining with an established organization.

Insurance companies are eager to invest in infrastructure with the right policy support, a new white paper said.

Gov. Eric Holcomb's administration had been required to study the idea of more tolls under 2017 state legislation.

Municipal bonds finished stronger on Friday ahead of the upcoming $9 billion new issue calendar.

Florida agencies will negotiate with the private rail operator, currently known as Brightline, to build tracks for passenger service to Tampa.

Municipal bond volume fell by almost half in November, underscoring the impact of the tax law.

Municipal bond investors will get to feast on a big new issue calendar, led by an almost $2 billion airport deal coming out of Chicago.

Voters in the Southern California rejected a water and wastewater rate increase, and a subsequent rate hike triggered an unsuccessful recall election.