Public finance

The Detroit Board of Education won't sell small piece of land for the new jail.

New York City Council member Robert Cornegy Jr. called the city administration's management of public housing incompetent.

The enormous electricity demands required to create bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have mining operations flocking to cheap hydroelectricity in parts of rural Washington.

Plans to build new homes, luxury apartments and hotels in Haltom City, Texas, is driving the need to replace an outdated fire station and build a new combined city hall and police department.

Prices on some Puerto Rico bonds on Thursday continued their week-long rise as buyers showed confidence after hearing some good news coming from the island's government,

Voters denied a bond Tuesday that would have paid for school renovations and a new workforce readiness center for Chester County students.

For the second consecutive voting cycle, Waxahachie residents will decide the fate of a proposed bond to address population growth.

Urban planner and author Dag Detter, speaking from Stockholm, explains a concept that he says could revolutionize U.S. public finance. Paul Burton hosts.

Eight months before construction crews are expected to begin renovations work on the now-shuttered Astrodome, some groups already are hatching plans to make use of the famed stadium's nine acres.

The municipal bond market has had a rough start to 2018, according to a panel of buy and sell side experts at The Bond Buyer‘s Texas Public Finance Conference in Austin.

Working amid uncertainty in the equity and fixed-income markets, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority held an oversubscribed fixed-rate bond sale.

Voters sided with school officials trying to keep up with growth in north Spokane and agreed gave the Mead School District another $114 million for a new middle school, elementary school and football stadium.

Pullman voters approved two bond measures yesterday evening that will result in a new City Hall among other things.

It's disappointment again for Battle Ground Public Schools, Wash., where not enough voters supported a $224.9 million school bond.

A key House committee chairman would block any attempts to expand PABs for public infrastructure projects.

Analysts say states' and cities' unfunded infrastructure should be viewed as a liability, along with debt, pensions and other post-employment benefits.

The municipal bond market on Wednesday was taking stock of Pennsylvania’s successful sale of over $1.5 billion of tobacco bonds.

Berkeley, Calif., plans to issue the first bonds using blockchain technology in May.

California's water agency says the downsized water tunnel project will still benefit cities and farmers.

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s $88.7 billion preliminary budget faces tougher scrutiny with Corey Johnson as City Council speaker.