Public finance

Colorado lawmakers enter their 2018 session with election-year politics on their mind and more money in their pockets.

Municipal bond traders are back at work in earnest as they get set to take on a new issue slate dominated by competitive sales on Tuesday and taxable deals on Wednesday and Thursday.

Gov. Ricardo Rosselló signed the measure Thursday.

The municipal bond market is looking ahead to a $3.3 billion new issue slate that will be dominated by competitive sales from Massachusetts and taxable negotiated deals.

The par value of muni underwriting fell for the top five firms as volume receded from the 2016 record.

The municipal bond market is looking ahead to next week’s $3.3 billion new issue slate which is dominated by GO sales from Massachusetts and taxable negotiated deals.

The weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index fell 10 basis points to 3.81% in the week ended Jan. 4, from 3.81% in the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

While dodging the actual phrase, Gov. Andrew Cuomo suggested now is the time to seriously consider a tolling plan to fund subway and street repair in New York City.

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.