Public finance

A Florida lawmaker has also proposed a law requiring community development districts to get certified appraisals on property they buy.

Mega-deals from San Jose, Miami-Dade and Chicago hit the screens on Wednesday while yields on municipal bonds continued to move lower.

As Evergreen Public Schools ramps up to ask voters for hundreds of millions of dollars for school construction dollars, a district-commissioned survey shows its voters overwhelmingly support the effort.

The agency keeps its AA-minus rating while calling the commonwealth less resilient.

There’s no rest for the weary as more deals are set to hit the municipal bond market on Wednesday, topped off by offerings from San Jose and Chicago.

Despite the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Texas's November sales tax revenue soared 11% to a record $2.78 billion.

Puerto Rico expects its central government revenues to come in 25% short of budget in this fiscal year.

Minnesota will wait for its next formal fiscal forecast early next year before tackling the emerging deficit.

New York City sold $950 million of general obligation bonds on Tuesday after retail buyers flocked to the deal a changes to the tax laws loomed in Washington.

Lawmakers Monday authorized issuing the voter-approved debt, including the first sale of $800 million soon.

New Jersey is cutting salaries for Atlantic City firefighters after a court limited staff reductions under the state’s Municipal Stabilization and Recovery Act.

Racine County's rising debt burden to support the Foxconn complex cited by Moody's.

New York City’s general obligation bond offering was raised by $100 million to $950 million after a record number of retail buyers expressed interest in the deal.

Retail buyers grabbed New York City’s big general obligation bond offering while several large negotiated and competitive deals hit the market on Tuesday.

The municipal bond market will face a second busy day as more supply is set to hit the screens on Tuesday.

Chicago's new borrowing entity brings $575 million of sales tax securitization bonds to market this week.

New York City offered $850 million of general obligation bonds to retail buyers while the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, Mo., presented a $317 million refunding deal to retail investors and the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s $260 million of bonds priced.

The fiscal control board is ordering nearly $18 million in cuts to all departments citing revenue uncertainty in the $2.99 billion budget.

A portion of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority's $410 million deal may well be its last advance refunding.

Municipal market participants are preparing and bracing for a market without advance refundings and perhaps private activity bonds as major tax changes draw closer. Municipal issuers are coming together and giving the market one last gasp of these types of bonds before they are no longer allowed to do so and in the process, have created what could potentially be a historic $17.4 billion of issuance.