Public finance

After pondering — and in some cases wrestling — with the proposed bond issue, the Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees approved calling a Nov. 7 bond issue election for $291,172,291 during a special meeting Thursday.

The region's slipping volume reflected a national trend.

Ipreo estimates total bond volume for next week at $4 billion, down from a revised total of $5.9 billion this week, according to data from Thomson Reuters. Next week’s calculations do not include note sales.

The Leander, Texas, school board Thursday night unanimously approved putting before voters in November a $454 million bond package, the first in 10 years.

Mineral Wells City Council, Texas, on Tuesday unanimously set Nov. 7 as the day residents can decide the outcomes of three proposed capital improvement projects.

South Haven is poised to receive drainage relief.

Part of the reason for munis' gains may be the reduction in issuance as governments wait for a federal infrastructure plan.

Muni traders on Friday are looking ahead to next week’s lighter new issue slate, which will be dominated by a note deal, rather than a bond sale.

The council, which was still being formed, would have advised Trump on his plan to spend as much as $1 trillion upgrading roads, bridges and other public works.

In the week ended Aug. 17, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index was steady at 4.01% from the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

Top-rated municipal bonds ended mixed on Thursday, traders said, as the last big deals of the week came to market.

The nonpartisan watchdog calls for a labor-management committee to explore cost-cutting

The $358 million deal saw net present value savings of 9.46%, among the highest the state has seen.

The Terre Haute, Ind., Board of Sanitary Commissioners on Tuesday approved resolutions to continue a financing process to issue up to $85 million for the second phase of a combined sewer overflow project.

The California WaterFix could pressure some utilities, Fitch said.

The IRS has closed another audit of jail bonds after they were converted to taxable.

Musser will concentrate on public finance, governmental law, procurement and construction.

New Jersey lawmakers are seeking to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade vocational-technical schools to meet a statewide shortage of middle-skilled workers.

The Pottsboro Independent School District's board of trustees gave its seal of approval Tuesday night on a $54.7 million bond package meant to update many of the district's facilities.

Pay-for-Success financing, advanced evaluation models, and impact investing are some of the innovations needed to pay for critical U.S. infrastructure needs.