Public finance

Material improvements in spending flexibility led Fitch to give Alabama’s most populous county a two-notch upgrade.

A judge had previously ruled that the airport should void a retail contract, putting its revenues at risk.

They seek damages damages from a litany of professional firms over the capital city's plunge to near bankruptcy.

The board gave up on plan to reduce paid vacation and sick time and eliminate Christmas bonuses, but gained a promise of island-wide at-will employment.

Municipal bond buyers are getting what they need this week — more supply.

Regional Measure 3 on the June 5 ballot in the Bay Area's nine counties would raise tolls on the Bay Area's seven state-owned bridges by $3 over the next seven years.

The Indiana school district gets to wipe out its $10 million deficit and Ball State University will take over operations in July.

Rising short-term rates and a lower corporate tax rate have already pushed some municipal issuers out of bank loans and back into the traditional muni space, analysts said.

Coming off the primary market's most robust week of issuance this year, investors will see more than $6 billion hit the calendars this week – with almost a third of that issuance coming from one well-known California issuer.

Action in the municipal bond market got underway on Monday as two big deals hit the screens in early activity.

In the first tranche of its $800 million sale, West Virginia says residents will get an opportunity to invest in the state.

Topeka officials will hear public comments Tuesday on extending and increasing a citywide sales tax.

A long-term plan provides a dynamic tool to help preserve assets and identify funding gaps and potential income shortfalls.

The Illinois city's revenue bondholders want any legal settlement to prioritize their claim over those of pension funds.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will determine the future of the city's beverage tax policy.

Fort Worth was still savoring a victory for a $400 mllion bond proposal when rating agencies rained on the parade.

Municipal volume will sink to $6.36 billion, with the California issuer responsible for a third of the week’s paper.

The decline in the unemployment rate is mostly due to emigration, a challenge as the territory restructures its debt.

The district priced debt Thursday at narrower spreads than it faced in a November sale.

Facing a May 31 deadline to issue the $1.15 billion of PABs, All Aboard Florida asked the federal transportation agency for extra time to sell the debt.