Public finance

Data released by CUSIP suggests municipal issuance may be strong in the second quarter of the year.

Chicago suburb warns of "catastrophic” impact of state withholding funds.

Matosantos' ownership of renewable energy businesses on the island is said to conflict with responsibility overseeing PREPA.

New Jersey Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean, R- Westfield, has opted to not stand in the way of the state’s $3.2 billion tobacco refunding bond deal two days after calling for the large transaction to be canceled.

The New York City Housing Authority's challenges include a roughly $20 billion capital-needs backlog, federal aid cutbacks, state intervention and a worsening public perception.

Municipal bonds were stronger on Wednesday as new deals from New York City and Clark County, Nev., came to market.

The Austin City Council on Tuesday got its first look at a proposed $851 million bond that could be brought before voters in November.

General obligation holders said that the sales taxes supporting COFINA are resources that the territory's constitution promises to them.

The Big Apple should be prepared to weather a big downturn, so the City Council is urging the mayor to put additional reserves into his budget proposal.

A New Jersey lawmaker is seeking to cancel the state’s $3.2 billion tobacco refunding bond deal, saying the transaction was unconstitutional.

The old saw that rising rates are bad for bonds may not really be the case, one new report says.

Nearly 60% of Los Angeles County's $30.8 billion budget for fiscal 2019 will go for health and public assistance programs.

Failure at the ballot may require Omaha Public Schools to lean more on its general fund dollars for repairs needed to keep schools fully operational.

The Branson Airport settlement resolves bond claims and provides cash operators say is needed to stay afloat.

Illinois lawmakers returned to work this week with less than two months to settle on a budget.

Despite the previous technical difficulties of supply and demand, municipals are poised for a potentially stronger second quarter, according to Jeffrey Lipton, managing director of credit research at Oppenheimer & Co.

Restructuring expert Michael Imber of EisnerAmper explains how in-kind real-estate asset contributions could curb the state's steep unfunded liability. Paul Burton and Chip Barnett host.

Though the legal setback is "harmful" to the Chicago Park District's plan to increase pension funding, it doesn't cause a budgetary crisis, S&P said.

Traders and muni professionals said it was a typical light Monday in the municipal market — with favorable market technicals mixed with some underlying concern on the political front.

People involved in the $3.5 billion sale received notices that there would be no enforcement action.