Public finance

Growth in airports, ports and toll road sectors was strong in the first half of this year.

Gainesville Regional Utilities received $3 billion in orders for $416 million of tax-exempt bonds.

County lawmakers' proposal to remove $60 million in fee increases might run afoul of a New York State fiscal monitoring board.

Municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session, according to traders, who are looking ahead to the next week's $6.7 billion new issue slate, which will be headlined by big offerings from Virginia and Maryland Issuers.

A constitutional convention could set the stage for debates about state borrowing limits and local revenue-raising powers.

Joe Torsella cited the legislature's approval of a revenue package to balance the fiscal 2018 budget.

State-related and other schools are taking a good, hard look at their business models.

Municipals bonds are little changed in early activity as the market eyes next week’s new issue calendar, which is topped by big offerings from Virginia and Maryland Issuers.

Municipal bonds finished weaker on Thursday as issuers from Maryland and California sold over $1 billion of bonds by competitive bid.

Legislative leaders say the move will plug a $2.2 billion budget shortage and end a nearly five-month budget impasse.

The Illinois Senate will attempt to override a veto of the Debt Transparency Act next month.

The city has amassed more than $95 billion in other post-employment obligations without any credible plan to pay it off, the report says.

Chicago Public Schools says its books are balanced while also saying it needs more than $1 billion of short-term borrowing.

Municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session as issuers from Maryland and California were selling over $1.1 billion of bonds by competitive bid.

As the county pursues a polarizing plan to partially demolish and restore the shuttered Coconut Grove Playhouse, the mayor of Miami is waiting to see if voters will hand him a $10 million monkey wrench.

Gov. Ricardo Rosselló called the board’s appointment of Noel Zamot illegal and said the Puerto Rico government would challenge it.

The House and Senate actions place the ball in the court of Gov. Dannel Malloy, who was sidelined during the negotiations.

The municipal bond market on Thursday is eyeing yields as the last of the week’s larger deals are slated to sell, with two big competitive offerings on tap.

Judge Laura Taylor Swain promised to release Wednesday a consensus-based order on the legal status of Puerto Rico’s post-hurricane federal aid.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin's plan to cover a $215 million revenue gap in the current budget failed in the state House .