Munis

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.

Kroll says the use of rating ceilings can "subvert fundamental credit analysis."

The Central Basin Municipal Water District was downgraded three notches to Baa1 by Moody's, which assigns a negative outlook.

The Fairfield-Suisun school district will use proceeds to modernize its schools.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board named Gary Hall as its next chair and Edward Sisk to become vice chair. It also temporarily cut fees to reduce excess reserves by $2.6 million.

The audit could be part of an ongoing initiative by the IRS to examine refunding bonds, said a lawyer.

New York issues again dominate as the bond calendar dips to $5.3 billion in the new week.

Moody's revised the outlook on $3 billion of Chicago parks, water and sewer bonds to stable.

Trustee UMB bank claimed the bond counsel's negligence prevented bondholders from achieving adequate recovery in bankruptcy.

Municipal bond volume will dip to a more average 2018 level next week.

The city of Norwalk successfully executed a $30 million municipal bond sale to pay for city, school and redevelopment capital projects.