Public finance

Philadelphia City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart discusses her election victory last year knocking off a longtime incumbent along with some of the city’s most pressing fiscal issues including a controversial soda tax and whether to continue providing abatements on new construction. Andrew Coen hosts.

State officials say the new funds will increase the local share of funding for Gateway and improve the project's chances of getting federal funds.

The consent decree that New York City has signed with federal prosecutors over problems at the Housing Authority will not have a negative impact on the $89.15 billion Fiscal 2019 budget.

The new plan keeps property taxes flat and shows the city's continued progress in righting its fiscal ship, according to a state governing body.

The spending plan heads to Gov. Rick Snyder for his expected signature.

City officials repealed the tax saying they feared they would lose at the ballot.

Municipal bonds turned weaker after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates.

The April-approved fiscal plan had said just 39% of senior and senior subordinate bond debt would be paid in the next fiscal year.

A nonprofit overseen by the Seattle-based Public Facilities Group will sell the bonds.

The second Illinois municipality stung by new state pension intercept rules has settled with its firefighters' fund.

The merger will extend Nelson Mullins' reach to the third-most populous state and expand its public finance group.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council face a raft of uncertainties about their third straight early budget.

The municipal bond market is waiting for the Federal Open Market Committee interest rate announcement.

Worthington City Schools will be asking voters for more money this fall for renovations and to fund daily operations.

Big changes could be in store for the Burlington-Edison School District.

The Poinciana Community Development Districts argue that "issue preclusion” should bar some objections to the validation of $102 million of bonds.

The Government Finance Officers Association said Tuesday it generally supports most of the recommendations an SEC panel plans to discuss in Atlanta later this week.

Municipal bonds weakened Tuesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting as new supply headed into the marketplace.

Major Puerto Rico bondholders are balking at a tentative agreement that would steer to owners of sales-tax-backed debt a large chunk of the revenue they’ve been pledged, threatening to prolong a fight over one of the biggest issues in the island’s record-setting bankruptcy.

The City Council approved a budget that includes $559 million for infrastructure.