Public finance

The insurer wants more time to develop land it received as part of the city's bankruptcy exit.

The on-time and on-budget Tappan Zee Bridge replacment helped the authority land a positive rating outlook.

The amicus briefs ask the state's high court to weaken a rule that is believed to make future benefit reductions impossible.

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony before Congress was perceived by some market participants as increasing the possibility of a tighter monetary policy.

The Florida House Government Accountability Committee is willing to offer Garcon Point Bridge bondholders 50 cents on the dollar.

Assured is pursuing a strategy of investment beyond its core financial guaranty business, to diversify revenue sources.

Assured said its fourth-quarter profit fell on lower earnings from bond refunding and a one-time effect of the new tax law, even as the company's share value surged to record levels.

Fed Chair Powell's Congressional testimony failed to move municipal bond prices ahead of this week's new issue slate.

With the airport's runways updated, Chicago is now aiming to modernize its terminals.

Former New York City Comptroller William Thompson, now a partner at Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., discusses his firm’s success in 2017 and looks ahead to an uncertain market landscape for 2018. “We’re all unsure, we’re all holding our breath … everybody on the Street looks at 2018 as a down year ... 2018 is going to be a challenging year for everyone.” Chip Barnett hosts.

Officials say the law's ban on advance refundings may cost the city $425 million in savings over four years and that changes in state law are needed to offset the damage from the limit on the state and local tax deduction.

Moody's says CalPERS' faster debt repayment plan is credit positive despite the budget strain it will provoke.

The municipal bond market is expected to give a warm reception to variety of new issues in the smaller-than-average $4.8 billion calendar.

Growing revenue challenges coupled with a “very weak” economy led S&P Global Ratings to drop the city two-notches to BB-plus.

There is no consensus on the content or how to pay for it in an election year where nothing is expected to get done after the summer and everything will be very politically sensitive.

Four senators released a proposal to deal with the Bluegrass state’s unfunded pension obligations.

The average funded ratio of suburban and downstate Illinois public safety funds is 51%.

Bernalillo County and Albuquerque both can issue industrial revenue bonds, but over the past five years, the county has approved 26 such proposals to none from Albuquerque.

Rhode Island voters give the public schools a passing grade and two-thirds of them support the proposed $250-million state bond issue for public school repair and construction.

The municipal bond market will see $4.8 billion of bonds fly in this week topped by deals from Baltimore County, Alabama Black Belt Gas and the New York State Thruway along with two airports offerings from Houston and Los Angeles.A smorgasbord of bonds is heading our way this week. The new-issue deal calendar stands at $4.8 billion.Baltimore County, Maryland, headlines the slate with four competitive sales of notes and bonds totaling $837 million.Alabama's Black Belt Energy Gas District will sell a $650 million offering.The New York State Thruway Authority will also make a splash with a $600 million deal.And two airport deals -- a $435 million sale from Houston, and a $376 million offering from Los Angeles -- are also making waves.