Public finance

The court upheld a county ruling that taxation limits under a state law eclipse the city's home-rule charter.

Debt service may be cut from 24 cents on the dollar as the commonwealth deals with recovery from Hurricane Maria.

After a week that saw few deals come to market, municipal bond traders will see the calendar perk up a bit next week as several issues of size are set to hit the screens.

Municipal bonds turned mixed on a cold and snowy day in the Northeast as stocks surged to historic highs on Thursday.

Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood an 116 groups call for a bipartisan, multi-level governmental approach to infrastructure that includes municipal bonds.

New Jersey and its municipalities may face greater fiscal pressures after the state opted to lower the assumed rate of return for pension assets.

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.