Public finance

Municipal bonds were mixed at midday as the primary was set to heat up the despite cold weather and snow in the Northeast.

The Washington city proactively warns its affluent citizens of a growing structural imbalance.

The municipal primary heats up on Thursday as the New Jersey Economic Development Authority gets ready to come to market with $381.195 million of state lease revenue bonds.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered his State of the State address amid an expanding budget deficit and $2 billion in federal cuts.

While Wall Street firms agree that municipal bond volume will drop from 2017, their estimates of how much range from 8% to 34%.

Gov. Henry McMaster said the only way to stop rate increases to pay for the failed Summer nuclear project is to sell the state-owned utility.

Illinois lawmakers return to work this month ahead of the governor's State of the State speech and budget release.

The Democrat and former Hartford city treasurer said Wednesday her administration “restored integrity and public confidence in the office of state treasurer."

Municipal bonds are mixed at mid-session as the market awaits the start of this week's new issue activity.

The state issued the notes in 2009 to cover operating expenses when its rainy-day fund was depleted.

The sectors creating the most jobs have relatively low wages and the city’s poverty rate remains high, said the Citizens Budget Commission.

Three lawsuits will determine what community development districts must do to buy property, and what developers must do with aging amenities.

State lawmakers reconvene on Jan. 17.

The municipal bond market is waiting to see this week’s new issues as bonds traded mixed in early activity.

New Mexico lawmakers prepare to meet this month buoyed by an improved revenue forecast.

As stocks surged and Treasuries swooned, municipal bond traders gauged the direction of yields as they looked ahead to what may be a downturn in issuance this year.

The signal that Trump is re-thinking Federal assistance to the DOT Gateway Tunnel project in New York and New Jersey may have grave implications for local leaders planning federally-assisted infrastructure efforts.

The state also warned that $1 billion in cuts could be needed in 2019-2020 due to rising pension and Medicaid costs.

The Vermont Housing Finance Agency is prepping the state’s first sustainability bond sale.

As stocks surge and Treasuries swoon, municipal bond traders bide their time gauging the direction of yields.