Munis

Municipal bond market participants were wrapping up the last of the week’s primary supply and looking ahead to next week’s holiday-shortened trading week.

The Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island received the highest form of recognition from GFOA for its 2017 CAFR.

Bond lawyers will recognize the late Jim Lebenthal and Lewis Horne with awards next month, as well as Virginia "Gigi" Benjamin.

Brevard County will subsidize Bezos' Blue Origin with $8 million, though a recent court ruling says it can't issue bonds to raise the funds.

The bond proceeds will fund transportation, school, university and other capital projects,

Rock Creek Community Academy is turning to the bond market for the first time.

The Florida Development Finance Corp. will be asked to be the conduit issuer for $1.75 billion of PABs on behalf of the project's private owners.

A huge surplus and strong state economy could drive demand for the upcoming $989 million offering.

Jacksonville-based JEA wants the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia to vote against continuing the project.

More than a decade after voters created the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas with $3 billion of bond funding, the state is nearing that goal with a $322 million deal this week.

Municipal bond buyers will get another chance to get some Massachusetts and Texas paper as both issuers head into the market.

Portland Public Schools may need another $200 million to complete projects promised in a $790 million bond measure.

The Rahm Emanuel administration told aldermen that a POB could save $6 billion and ease future tax and fee hikes.

DASNY finished the first half of 2018 as the nation’s second largest issuer with $3.2 billion in bonds sold.

Massachusetts and Texas will be in the market next week as the unofficial summer season winds down during the last week before Labor Day.

Legislation pending in both the Senate and House would eliminate private activity bond volume caps for water and sewer projects.

The New York State Thruway Authority is on the road to completing a decades-long reconstruction project for a heavily-traveled stretch of Interstate-95.

Deals from New York and Massachusetts led the new issue slate on Thursday as the last of the week’s supply came to market.

Citi's assessment is conditioned on pension obligation bonds being part of a package to tackle the city's pension liabilities.

Issuance was down 27% in the region from the first half of 2017, and almost 30% in California, its largest market.