Public finance

This fall, voters in three Cedar Rapids-Iowa City metro area school districts will be asked to approve a total of $300 million in bond sales to rehabilitate, update and build new public schools.

The third bridge built over the Tacoma Narrows turned 10 on Saturday without the fanfare that marked its opening, and a region's eyes remain trained on how it's doing.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board approved a negotiated plan for restructuring the GDB’s $4.8 billion in debt.

Municipal bond traders are returning to work on Monday set for the week’s $7.66 billion new issue calendar. The slate is composed of $3.99 billion of negotiated deals and $3.67 billion of competitive sales.

Pricing wires for competitive bond offerings

Pricing wires for negotiated bond offerings

The primary municipal bond market will keep chugging along next week, with participants set to see more action than they did in a fast and furious past week.

Pension funding woes drove the downgrade and continued negative outlook.

Three major rating agencies have reaffirmed Norwalk, Conn.'s top-notch credit rating in advance of a $35 million bond sale next week.

New grant programs eliminate the need for TIGER program, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said.

Rafshoon will work in Hunton & Williams’ public-private partnership practice.

Alaska, unable to agree on budget stability, is blowing through its reserves.

Top-shelf municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, who were looking ahead to next week’s new issue calendar. which Ipreo estimates at $7.66 billion.

The MTA's new capital plan will include nearly $2 billion for the project to add capacity on the LIRR Main Line.

Municipal bond traders are waiting to see how much volume the market will encounter next week as they eye volatile muni yields.

A group of hedge funds that owns $3.3 billion of Puerto Rico bonds disclosed in court documents the amount that each of them holds.

Pricing wires for competitive bond offerings

Pricing wires for negotiated bond offerings

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices rose two basis points to 4.11% from the previous week's 4.09%.