Public finance

Clarkston, Wash., School District voters will make the call in November on a $60.5 million school improvement bond after the Clarkston School Board made the ask official Monday.

S&P dropped Alaska to AA amid dwindling budget reserves.

Sean Carney, director and head of municipal strategy at BlackRock, talks about municipal issuance in the first half of 2017 and makes some predictions on how the second half of the year will look. He also discusses distressed states — which state could recover first and why and how a downgrade of Illinois would be a big deal for the market. Hosted by Aaron Weitzman in a conversation recorded on June 29.

The Grapevine Convention Center proved too small for a public hearing on potential bond projects that started off with the fire marshal running more than 100 people out of an overfilled auditorium Monday.

A decreased reliance on bonds to finance capital investments has created a need for more municipal market research tools, experts said.

The city's finances and bond ratings are strong, Kasim Reed told the Brookings conference.

Municipal bond traders are set to see the first of the week’s new issue hit the screens on Tuesday, led by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York’s four competitive bond sales.

Pricing wires for competitive bond offerings

Pricing wires for negotiated bond offerings

Fitch took Illinois off negative watch, while keeping a negative outlook on its BBB rating.

Chicago Transit Authority highlighted the direct flow of federal grants ahead of its refunding deal

Municipal bonds finished mixed on Monday, traders said, as they prepared for the week’s $7.66 billion new issue calendar.

Two CDDs argue their bond plans comply with state law despite a challenge by residents.

The 11.2% return for fiscal 2017 represents a big rebound from the previous year.

The end of the two-year budget drought in Illinois is a mixed bag for “downstream” credits.

Maryland was close last year to getting a $900 million grant when a judge halted the Purple Line.

The state's Supreme Court may order state lawmakers to increase K-12 spending.

Assumptions and contributions torpedoed Pennsylvania's pension funds, a University of Chicago report says.

Despite repeatedly promising to address Houston's affordable housing needs, city officials sat for years on more than $30 million in voter-approved housing bonds.

City of Geneseo, Ill., residents may have noticed their recent tax bill was higher than anticipated because a bond error resulted in $320,050 more being collected than intended.