Public finance

The City Council unanimously to extend the deadline for the filing of the mayor’s preliminary Fiscal 2019 budget by two weeks to Feb. 1 as city officials digested state budget plans announced Tuesday.

The municipal bond market on Tuesday priced the first of the week’s big new issues, before buyers turned their focus to the high-rated, but high-yielding sales tax securitization coming from Chicago on Wednesday.

Phil Murphy inherits a state government that was downgraded 11 times under predecessor Chris Christie.

In a small room at Little Walnut Creek Branch Library in North Austin, about a dozen community members sat face-to-face with the group of Austin residents tasked with an influential role in how hundreds of millions of tax dollars might be spent.

Mike Kuhle is publicly supporting the upcoming District 518 bond referendum, but he's quick to point out that he's doing so as an individual and not speaking for the city.

Voters are being asked to approve construction bonds that would create a new high school in the Central Valley School District and provide more classrooms to keep up with growth north of Spokane in Mead.

As soon as April, residents of the Central Lee School District may decide on whether to pass a general obligation bond issue of $9.8 million to pay for facility renovations.

Sometime this spring, a gaping hole will appear in the top floor of the PNC Building where a row of windows now looks 300 feet down on Cascade Plaza.

Vallejo school district trustees will review survey results regarding the community's interest in supporting a school bond for the upcoming election.

The municipal bond market saw the first of the week’s big new issues price in the primary. Buyers will see about $3.35 billion of new deals hit the screens this week, with most of the volume coming on Wednesday and Thursday.

Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp. returns to the municipal bond market this week, offering high-yielding, high-rated paper to buyers hungry for supply.

The challenges local governments face with capital planning in 2018 are explored by Brien Desilets, who leads Grant Thornton’s infrastructure advisory practice and previously advised local governments on public-private partnerships at Public Financial Management. Hosted by Andrew Coen.

Municipal bond buyers and traders expect $2.36 billion of negotiated deals and $986.4 million of competitive sales.

Mayor Kevin Faulconer gave his State of the City speech.

Tax-exempt issuance again dominates the calendar, after a week of mostly taxable deals .

Moody's said the delay may signal the damage to the island's economic prospects is worse than officials thought, suggesting the return for bondholders will be even lower.

Fiscal year 2018 general fund revenue is projected at $10.3 billion, down $101 million from the previous forecast.

Attorneys will argue the case April 4 over the Poinciana Community Development District's plan to buy amenities from the developer.

A special-purpose corporation is selling nearly $800 million to refund some of the city's lower-rated GOs.

City administrators in La Verne will pursue multiple strategies — some meant to cut costs while others are designed to generate revenue — as part of a plan to pay off nearly $50 million in employee pension costs.