Public finance

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.

Municipal bond traders were returning to their desks on Tuesday with their eyes fixed on falling yields as they await a rather quiet primary market.

If Chattanooga Lookouts team owners decide to seek public tax support for a new baseball stadium in the city's South Broad Street district, they could find their path narrowed considerably under proposed legislation introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly by two local lawmakers.

As Pullman toasts to a new year, city officials still have one major item to cross off their to-do list: securing passage of a pair of major bonds totaling more than $12 million.

The workers would join 3,500 already on the island, where 45% of the power authority's customers are still without service after September's hurricanes.

California's population is nearly 40 million, according to the state's Department of Finance.

The state is still unprepared for a recession, according to the Citizens Research Council.