Munis

Municipal market participants will return to their desks next week and see a $4.8 billion new issue calendar.

Traders noted some caution in the muni market ahead of Friday’s release of the March unemployment report.

The legislation would determine the fate of the state-owned utility formally known as the South Carolina Public Service Authority.

After being reintroduced, Ardmore City Schools' $44 million bond election passed with 70 percent of the vote.

The bankruptcy process could take 18 to 36 months to sort out, one municipal analyst said.

School of the Osage succeeded in getting voter approval for $23 million bond issue that district officials say will impact every grade level and develop a cutting edge preschool program.

The project requires the passage of a $120 million bond proposal that will be decided by voters April 24.

The number of people being pushed into homelessness continues to outpace efforts to help them.

Morgan Stanley rose to No. 2 and JPMorgan slipped out of the top 5 among municipal underwriters; PFM fell to second among financial advisors.

It's important and constructive to talk about these kinds of alternatives to advance refundings, market participants said.

The question of whether to cover Virginians under the Affordable Care Act prevented a budget from passing during the regular session.

California's attorney general says the hospital chain used anti-competitive practices to drive up prices in Northern California.

The project is designed to protect Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota from high waters.

Aging and outdated facilities, and the accompanying drain on finances, has been a recurring topic of discussion in the chambers of the Pueblo City Schools (D60) board of education.

Alum Rock Union Elementary still faces challenges from probes into alleged fiscal mismanagement.

Michigan State University is seeing the first credit fallout from the sexual abuse scandal involving former university and Olympic gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

The second-quarter kicked off Monday with a little more optimism among municipal market participants after "one of the worst quarters in a long, long time."

The new tax law that terminated advance refundings of bonds after Dec. 31, 2017, does not specify that only "tax exempt" refundings are prohibited.

Many teachers went on strike Monday after state lawmakers approved a pay raise that represented about half of what they sought.

The municipal bond market is set to see a chunky new issue calendar this week: $7.85 billion.