Public finance

New York lawmakers approved a three-year extension of counties' authority to levy local sales tax.

With fiscal year 2017 nearing an end in Puerto Rico, the Oversight Board was threatening to approve a budget Friday morning without local government agreement and the electric power authority was on the verge of default on a $423 million bond payment due Monday.

Cuts to Ohio's Medicaid program may delay Gov. John Kasich's signature on the state budget.

Bonds were hit Thursday by a combination of global central bank comments, strong Eurozone economic data, and rising expectations of another interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve this year.

Orange County is out of the woods, but other California governments face challenges.

The revised federal grant program would reward freight projects with innovative financing, including P3s.

The SEC could charge workers from Morgan Stanley & Co. and Barclays Capital, who worked on the deals.

Municipal bonds were weaker as yields rose as much as seven basis points. In the primary, the N.Y. MTA postponed its $700 million green bond deal while Goldman priced the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power’s bonds.

Despite some sticker shock, the Dallas City Council will move forward with a $1.025 billion November bond package referenda.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced emergency actions for mass transit in New York City.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may take action against bankers from Barclays Plc and Morgan Stanley for their roles in Puerto Rico bond sales before a worsening fiscal crisis sent it hurtling toward bankruptcy.

The Illinois governor says he will keep lawmakers in session until a budget agreement is reached.

Municipal bond traders are eyeing yields on the rise as the primary gets set to see the last of the big deals of the week hit the market on Thursday.

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A proposed ordinance calls for Chicago to funnel more money to two pension funds without state action.

Puerto Rico Title III Judge Laura Taylor Swain retained control over deciding about the island's sales tax bonds and diminished the Oversight Board’s role in the case at Wednesday’s hearing.

Puerto Rico's oversight board's decision against the power authority's restructuring support agreement moves $9 billion of debt closer to bankruptcy.

Top-rated municipal bonds finished weaker on Wednesday, sending yields as much as four basis points higher, according to traders, as two large deals from New York issuers priced.

A court decision on Illinois Medicaid bill payments could come on the last day of a special session.