Public finance

Moody's Investors Service lowered its outlook for the county's Aa1 rating.

Although there is no direct role for tax-exempt bonds in Opportunity Zones, municipalities are looking at them as a way to attract capital investment to economically distressed areas.

Puerto Rico bonds gained in a mixed muni market as a revised fiscal plan projected a bigger surplus.

The revised five-year fiscal plan projects increased disaster-related funding and slowing population decline through 2023.

Gage County had consulted a bankruptcy attorney, who told officials it wouldn't qualify for Chapter 9.

Next month Maine voters will be asked to borrow $106 million for the state's transportation infrastructure, adding to hundreds of millions of dollars in debt the state has taken on in recent years to prop up its underfunded highway budget.

Voters in one of the nation's fastest-growing counties will decide on a $750 million bond measure for roads as one of its school districts seeks $690 million.

Municipal bonds were stronger on Monday ahead of this week’s rather paltry new issue supply calendar.

What began as trouble in the housing and mortgage markets shook the whole world in 2008, including a municipal bond industry that had to learn to live without bond insurance, auction-rate debt and some big investment banks.

As the Puerto Rico Oversight Board gets ready to approve a five-year fiscal plan this week, it is setting up a power struggle between itself and Gov. Ricardo Rosselló and the commonwealth legislature.

Weekly bond volume is forecast to fall to $5.9 billion from $10.3 billion in the prior week.

The Hillsborough County Aviation Authority prices a new-money deal Tuesday for Tampa international Airport, boosted by an upgrade from Kroll.

The new GASB standards apply to Other Post-Employment Benefits, or OPEB, which mostly pertain to retiree health benefits, but also can include dental, vision, disability and death benefits.

S&P Global Ratings cautioned Chicago's leaders about issuing pension obligation bonds and avoiding a backslide on budget progress.

Household survey is much more positive about total employment than establishment survey.

Municipal bond supply plunges to under $6 billion next week after seeing over $10 billion of new issues priced this week.

Creditors' call for a receiver for PREPA is an Imperfect solution from a suspect source to be decided by the wrong authority – and it just might work.

The Oversight Board and Gov. Rosselló remain at odds over pensions and labor reform.

Long Island’s Nassau County is staring at its lowest budget deficit in four years, according to its state fiscal control board.

The last of the large municipal bond deals came to market on Thursday, led by a $1.5 billion healthcare offering from Ohio.