Public finance

Cities coping with phenomena like climate change and cybersecurity are empowering themselves through data mining and other smart technologies.

Municipal bond volume slips back down to a more average level next week, after the market saw the biggest slate of the year hit the screens this week.

Vallejo school district Superintendent Adam Clark says he is "disappointed" by the school board's decision Wednesday night not to place a $194 million bond on the November ballot to address the district's crumbling facilities.

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner submitted a capital appropriation for the project this week.

As Infrastructure Week ends, it’s sad to note that in the one area where all agree something must be done, there has been no progress.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices nudged up to 4.00% from 3.99% the week before.

The nation’s third-largest public pension fund reported an 11.35% return on investments for the year ending March 31.

The Chicago Board of Education more than doubled the size of its general obligation deal to take advantage of demand.

The National Federation of Municipal Analysts is concerned that a district court ruling on Puerto Rico highway bonds could be a landmark change for the worse when it comes to how investors view revenue bonds.

Public transit agencies have a $90 billion backlog of maintenance, repair and modernization projects.

The Puerto Rico Economic Empowerment Act of 2018 would implement some of the recommendations made by a congressional task force as well as provisions left out of disaster relief legislation, according to the two Republican senators who offered it.

The California city's supporters portray a lasting turnaround, but growing pension liabilities could bring trouble.

Bruising political fights over Obamacare and tax reform may have killed the chances for Trump's infrastructure plan, leaving state and local governments to lead the way.

Wake County leaders are hoping taxpayers will be more willing to support borrowing money for school construction projects if they don't ask them for more than $1 billion at a time.

Though they may sound as far apart as they ever were on public-financing of a new Pawtucket Red Sox stadium, House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello and Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien appear to have found what one calls a "framework" and the other "a pathway" for a possible deal.

The majority of the week’s big deals have priced over the past few days and are now receiving much attention from retail buyers.

He joins the firms infrastructure practice after four years at Squire Patton Boggs.

State authorization for design-build use on a Brooklyn-Queens Expressway work is a door-opener, New York City transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said.

April’s General Fund collection was 15.7% higher than that of April 2017.

Voters approved Omaha Public Schools' $410 million bond referendum and another district's $510 million measure.