Public finance

Top-rated municipal bonds finished weaker on Monday in a quiet pre-holiday-shortened trading session.

Oregon says its mileage-based road fee experiment proved the VMT concept is a viable revenue option.

Initial budget documents from the city of Moscow, Idaho, for next year indicate the staff is recommending the City Council seek a $10 million bond, plus increase the property tax levy and raise rates for water and sewer service.

Questions are swirling around who would "backstop" $71 million worth of bonds that the city of Pawtucket, the state of Rhode Island and the Pawtucket Red Sox would sell to finance a new baseball stadium in Pawtucket.

PREPA officials said they don't expect the filing to affect owed payments or electric supply.

A quick glance at a city's debt is a little like reading its palm. Whether it's a new airport terminal, new sewer lines or payments on an events center, a community's finances indicate what it finds important and where it's headed.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich vetoed Medicaid expansion freeze.

The Lackawanna County, Pa., administration expects to save $5.25 million by refinancing another $58.49 million of the county's debt.

CIty Council members delayed voting on a proposal by the city’s mayor that would extend the contract for 30-years.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a budget avoiding a shutdown at the last possible moment.

New Jersey government is in shutdown mode for the first time in 11 years after Gov. Chris Christie and state lawmakers failed to reach agreements on a new budget before the close of the 2017 fiscal year Friday night.

The Illinois House on Sunday sent a budget plan back to the Senate with action needed to avert historic fall to junk.

The municipal bond market was quiet on Monday ahead an early close to trading and Tuesday’s full close for the Fourth of July holiday.

With the first half of the year officially in the books, we take a look at long-term municipal bond issuance.

An asset manager looks to tap growing demand for sustainable investments the same day the president pulls out of the Paris Accord.

Baker, lawmakers must hash out FY18 plan

Pricing wires for negotiated bond offerings

Pricing wires for competitive bond offerings

Chicago Public Schools sent $467 million to the teachers' pension fund as required Friday.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage vowed to reject the legislature's bipartisan budget proposal.