Public finance

For the second time in 18 months, voters have denied the Beaufort County School District millions of dollars to fund school construction projects.

A recount of ballots cast earlier this month on the Fort Madison School District's $30 million general obligation bond referendum yielded no change in support.

The fiscal Oversight Board estimates $62 billion of disaster relief funding from federal and private sources will boost the island’s economy for the next few years.

Components of the MTA's bus-overhaul initiative could pave the way for congestion pricing, which New York's state legislature essentially sidestepped this year.

A $2.1 million bond measure to fund employee-leave obligation payments failed in the city council.

The budget watchdog formed a committee to seek Kellermann's replacement.

Municipal bonds finished weaker on Monday ahead of a what will be an busy Tuesday with a few billion of new issuance hitting the market.

Officials want to cast the state's fiscal health in a more positive light even as offering documents lay out a starker assessment.

Local districts and governments are requesting a bit more than half of the record $11.7 billion sought last November.

Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald wants to raise nearly $114.5 million through issuing bonds to pay for the county's capital budget.

A $1.4 billion sale from New York Transportation Development Corp., for Delta’s redevelopment at LaGuardia Airport is the bellwether deal of a near $8 billion week of new issuance. This will mark the first time in six years that Delta has issued in the tax exempt market and will be the second largest airline special facility bond ever completed in the municipal market.

The muni market is eagerly awaiting the $1.4 billion Delta deal to kick off the week's activity.

The Montgomery Independent School District is getting a new scoreboard with a price tag of $800,000.

The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority expects to finance 695 mortgages for first-time home buyers through its planned $118 million issuance of fixed-rate bonds.

New York mayor Bill de Blasio claimed progress in addressing the challenges of population growth, aging infrastructure, increasing inequality, and climate change.

The action set the stage for the city’s exit from direct state supervision later this month.

The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico approved the plan by a 6-1 vote Thursday after negotiations with the commonwealth’s government failed.

With tax season in the rear view mirror, supply is set to rise to $7.8 billion as demand rebounds.

The deal absorbs the debt of newly acquired systems, and SSM says it will "materially" lower interest.

The commonwealth plans a competitive sale for the $500 million in fixed-rate, tax-exempt new-money general obligation bonds.