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Wake County leaders are hoping taxpayers will be more willing to support borrowing money for school construction projects if they don't ask them for more than $1 billion at a time.

The university has not said how it intends to pay for the legal settlement.

The majority of the week’s big deals have priced over the past few days and are now receiving much attention from retail buyers.

Voters approved Omaha Public Schools' $410 million bond referendum and another district's $510 million measure.

Local, county and state officials said they took initial steps Wednesday in what will become a much larger contingent of elected officials who will jawbone their federal counterparts with testimonials about the cost savings attributable to advance refundings.

Gov. John Bel Edwards has called lawmakers to the capitol on May 22 to deal with the budget deficit.

Strategies range from flexible pricing structures with taxable and tax-exempt bonds to public-private partnerships.

The university will issue $72 million of general revenue bonds in a negotiated sale Thursday.

Transportation lobbyists and researchers discussing surface transportation finance during an Infrastructure Week webcast were unanimous in saying that Congress should lift the general prohibition on tolling interstate highways.

Spokane Public Schools officials are exploring the possibility of placing a major bond measure on the November ballot that would move up the timetable for building three new middle schools and replacing three others.

The district is promoting structural protections and fiscal gains as it prepares to go to market with a $260 million refunding.

Bills that stripped territory from Stockbridge without apportioning its debt are credit negative for Georgia local governments and could impose higher borrowing costs.

Healthcare giant Catholic Health Initiatives now has a stable outlook on its Baa1 rating from Moody's Investors Service.

Ball State University's takeover of the troubled Muncie Schools will come as soon as July 1.

Using bond proceeds to fund a Jobs program would be illegal, says Barbara Parker, Oakland's city attorney.

The Miami-Dade County School District improved its disclosure practices to provide better bond investor outreach.

Thanks to what one county official termed an "incredible" bond sale, Lee County will pay less interest than expected on a $33 million loan.

The consensual plan for $4.2 billion of Government Development Bank bonds amounts to repayment of 55 cents on the dollar.

The municipal bond market is gearing up for the biggest volume week of the year, with issuers estimated to bring just under $10 billion of new paper.

The bonds will help complete a new hospital wing at Marin General Hospital.