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Capital needs and state actions were on the minds of two top local government officials at The Bond Buyer's Public Finance Conference in Austin.

The bill creates a sports facilities authority for a $3 billion partly bond-financed NFL stadium and makes changes to a sales tax and revenue bond program.

Despite Congress' already long to-do list, factions in the Senate and House are posturing for the possibility of a second reconciliation bill that offers possibilities and threats for the muni market.

The review, which included mostly Texas and Colorado bond issuers, comes as the amount of voter-approved debt authorized for districts is exploding.

Children's hospital achieves moderate to low-risk yield on junk-rated bonds boosted by insurer.

Triple-A Harvard's latest deal provides, through its offering documents, a snapshot of the state of the Trump administration's campaign against the school.

Rep. Sam Graves, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman and supporter of tax-exempt munis announced he will join several other Republican Congressmen by not seeking reelection in November.

St. Louis Community Ice Center drew on a debt service reserve to make payments on its unrated Series 2018A revenue bonds and defaulted on its 2018B bonds.

The homeowners insurance market in the U.S. "faces mounting strain from severe climate risk," Benjamin Collier and the other authors said in their commentary.

Guessing what may happen as Congress pounds away on a surface transportation reauthorization bill has not rattled credit ratings so far, but a key deadline could slip.

Otero County addressed an Open Meetings Act violation by reapproving a contract with ICE that generates revenue to pay off bonds for a detention facility.

Despite headwinds in the higher education sector, Louisiana State has enjoyed rising undergraduate enrollment.

Overall rainy-day fund capacity for U.S. states fell in fiscal year 2025 for the first time since the World Financial Crisis as more states look at tapping reserves.

Iowa lawmakers have to merge competing visions for property tax reform after multiple bills passed out of committee in the state House and Senate this month.

The current lateral recruiting marketplace for public finance attorney talent is "highly competitive," according to Nixon Peabody's Julie Seymour.

The AA-minus-rated bonds come to market as the hospital sector continues to navigate through rising expenses and other challenges.

Otero County's March 13 emergency meeting to avoid a bond default did not comply with the Open Meetings Act, the state's Justice Department determined.

"The secondary infrastructure demands [of data centers] will increasingly flow through to municipal balance sheets, driving incremental issuance across multiple sectors," said J.P. Morgan strategists.

A fatal crash and closure at New York's LaGuardia Airport adds to the list of transportation hurdles that includes a jump in jet fuel prices, and travel delays due to a lapse in TSA funding.

San Juan Unified says it has saved $636 million on debt service over the years by keeping down maturities at the long end of GO bond issues.