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Part of the surge in issuance came from issuers tapping the capital market after several years due to the inability to no longer postpone long-delayed projects and the drying up of pandemic aid.

Eduardo Ramos had faced insurance fraud charges that were unrelated to his work at the school district.

Missouri's Kansas City Public Schools is looking to take its modernization plan to voters and seek approval for a $474 million GO bond measure next April.

Proposed guidelines for federal tax credits could undermine the effort to build a clean hydrogen market, critics say.

The state plans to price the bonds in early October.

Salt Lake City School District is seeking $730 million of bonds and Salt Lake County is asking for $507 million of bonds at the Nov. 5 general election.

Underwriting spreads rose to $7.11 in the first half of 2024 from $3.70 in the first half of 2023.

The state has selected a stretch of Interstate 24 between Nashville and Murfreesboro to be its first "Choice Lane," an optional toll lane to bypass congestion.

The top five bond financings came in above $1 billion.

Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland is leveraging the P3 process to build eight new schools while issuing $663 million of taxable bonds.