Munis

San Antonio has weathered a decade of stress on the federal funding and energy fronts.

But Eduardo Bhatia, minority leader of the Puerto Rico Senate, said he welcomes the proposal for $7.5 billion in debt relief.

Weekly municipal bond volume is estimated at $4.4 billion for the upcoming week.

The Public Employee Pension Transparency Act (HR 6290) would prohibit states and localities from issuing tax-exempt bonds unless they file annual reports on their public pension systems to the U.S. Treasury Department.

Municipal bond volume will dip to under $5 billion next week, according to estimates released on Friday.

Bank director Sarah Riordan said the alleged misconduct did not involve any bond funds.

The resource document the MSRB released Thursday is designed to help dealers comply with rule changes on markup disclosures to retail investors that took effect on May 14.

Tax Reform 2.0 would make permanent the lower individual tax rates in last year’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that are scheduled to expire in 2025.

Sporadic trading and price firmness drove the municipal market on Thursday.

The Fifth District Court of Appeals in New Orleans has yet to decide if oral arguments will be held in the suit brought by Calvin Grigsby.

The school district's borrowing plans got a boost Thursday from S&P Global Ratings, which upgraded it to B-plus from B.

Price stability was outweighing trading activity and volume on Thursday morning in the municipal market.

The black box gang has always mistaken complexity for sophistication in the realm of financial modeling.

The school district scaled down its original proposal for a capital bond referendum and operating referendum.

Eight state projects to expand reservoirs and build new dams will receive state bond funding.

State-owned Santee Cooper is battling cross claims by electric cooperatives that buy power from the agency in a suit over its shelved twin reactor project.

The plan for a second tax reform bill is galvanizing municipal market groups to step up lobbying efforts to tout the importance and benefits of munis to lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., suggested he and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., may introduce a bill that would require MSRB to elect public members who represent consumers and are not just retired industry executives.

The California Academy of Sciences refinanced debt used to build its facility.

Stull will work with a wide variety of issuers, including the Sunshine State’s growing charter school industry.