Public finance

Puerto Rico’s June economic activity declined 0.5% compared to May and 2.1% compared to a year earlier.

Philadelphia’s sin and sweet taxes yielded Pennsylvania’s largest city more than $500 million in revenue over the last five years, according to a new economic report.

Top quality municipal bonds finished mixed on Monday, according to traders as the first of the week’s big new issues came to market out of the Midwest.

Port Houston has lost one of its three triple-A ratings due to legal and technical issues, but business prospects remain strong, port officials say.

The City Colleges of Chicago budget won the Civic Federation's endorsement.

Final Fastlane grants total $78.8 million as new INFRA program expands to $1.5 billion next year.

Municipal bond buyers are heading off to Chicago this week to attend the Windy City’s annual investor conference.

On a quiet Monday where there is only one deal pricing for retail investors, municipals were mixed although some maturities on the long end were as much as one basis point higher, according to traders.

The municipal bond market is gearing up for about $7.3 billion of new supply this week, with $2.51 of that coming from two issuers.

Primary municipal bond market volume is expected to inch up to $7.3 billion, as analysts expect the muni market to stay on a path of suppressed supply and deep demand.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- The city ended 2016 with a deficit, affirming Mayor Tony George's warning that the $51.5 million general fund budget he inherited upon taking office last year would not balance.

The city of Mineral Wells now has a plan for its bond program, one that will give voters two opportunities to decide the projects they would like to see completed.

With a new school year around the corner for Chisholm Public Schools comes the need for expansion of the district.

Road-related revenues are not keeping pace with the demand for highway and transit improvements.

Revenue volatility and bond-rating agency opinions can complicate states' rainy-day planning.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority shook up their leadership as they battle to reverse deterioration in the region's transit systems.

Hawaii Gov. Ige appoints Masuda to first deputy at Department of Land and Natural Resources

Municipal bonds turned weaker at midday as the market looks ahead to next week’s healthy new issue calendar.

The state's lawmakers ended their squabble over the car-tax phaseout

The move, approved unanimously by the Board on Friday, sets up a conflict with the island's leaders.