Munis

Utah will bring $326 million of triple-A general obligation bonds to market to fund an ambitious prison relocation and transportation projects.

A survey revealed voters had concerns about the district's debt, the impact on property taxes and a lack of information and transparency.

Another week of modest muni volume is expected, as issuers offer more chunks of taxable bonds.

Topics that interested our listeners the most last year spanned the spectrum from the local to the national, ranging from New York City finances to federal tax reform legislation, and from advances in technology affecting the municipal bond market to current trends impacting the industry.

The Ohio Turnpike and Transportation Commission is selling $72 million of senior-lien bonds and $415 million of junior-lien bonds.

Next week’s slip in supply may increase demand for municipal bonds slated to hit the market.

A task force wants New Jersey to issue $400 million of GO bonds to upgrade aging water systems.

The municipal bond market is mostly breathing a sigh of relief after it has had time to digest the possible effects of new U.S. tax legislation, according to a report.

As Pennsylvania prepares to sell $1.39 billion of tobacco bonds next week, Invesco released a report that highlights reasons investors should own tobacco bonds.

A “sensibly priced” deal from a New York issuer was snapped up by buyers on Thursday as municipals weakened slightly in secondary trading.

The California Water Commission sent all 11 applicants for water storage bond money back to the drawing board.

As Pennsylvania gets set to sell $1.39 billion of tobacco bonds next week, Invesco released a report on the sector that offers several reasons why investors should be holding tobacco bonds.

Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp. bonds cleared the market after a one-week delay.

First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan put the price tag at $425 million over four years.

The deaths of people who ignored railroad crossing warning lights and barriers triggered new calls for state and federal regulators to strengthen railroad safety laws.

It only took a few seconds for members of the Pauls Valley Board of Education to give their official blessing earlier this week to setting a spring date for the next local school bond election.

Several market participants said it’s hard to take such a proposal seriously.

The state will still review proposed and amended budgets, requests to issue debt and proposed collective bargaining agreements.

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Rep. Robert Pittenger, R-N.C., have asked the GAO how many tax-exempt munis were used for abortion-related facilities during the past 20 years and what was the associated federal tax liability.

The city's bond lawyer was not at the meeting and the board wasn't given a fiscal note saying how much the borrowing would actually cost.