Public finance

How the Puerto Rico’s Title III bankruptcy case judge handles the commonwealth’s highways bonds may threaten revenue bond bankruptcy precedent.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback vowed to veto a tax increase.

San Diego's mayor threatened to veto a budget stripped of funding for soccer and convention projects.

S&P Global Ratings said it may adjust certain ratings based on each insurer's "competitive strengths or weaknesses relative to its peers.”

Two Chicago pension funds could become insolvent sooner than projected.

As the White House kicks off its Infrastructure Week, Chris Hamel, head of public finance for RBC Capital Markets, explores possible remedies for the infrastructure funding crisis in the U.S. He also discusses challenges and opportunities the municipal bond industry faces amid change over the next few years. Hosted by Paul Burton.

Municipal bonds were stronger at midday as the first of the week’s new issue supply hit the screens.

Pennsylvania's Senate passed a bill to overhaul retiree benefits.

Municipal bond traders are set to see then first of the week’s new issue supply hit the screens on Tuesday.

Pricing wires for competitive bond offerings

Pricing wires for negotiated bond offerings

The Livingston Parish School Board agreed Tuesday to issue two 15-year revenue bonds totaling $38 million in debt to restore and repair flood-damaged schools.

The Hays City Commission on Thursday indicated it would not support a proposal from Hays USD 489 to use city sales tax funds for a massive capital improvement project.

Bluford Unit District 318 plans to build a roughly $6.9 million new high school addition with a groundbreaking expected in August.

Both an $18 million road bond and a $16 million public safety bond that were approved by Venice voters last November passed muster during a Thursday validation hearing.

The Shell Rock River board of managers on Friday initiated the process for issuing an approximately $1.8 million bond that is expected to include an approximately $168,000 property tax levy.

Less than a month after voters struck down a $308 million bond for the Sherman Independent School District, SISD officials have posted an online survey seeking opinions and advice on what to include in a new bond package.

The Lewiston School District secured funding for constructing a new Lewiston High School while locking in a "really good" interest rate during its bond sale Thursday.

After voters twice rejected proposals to issues bonds to pay for a new school and major repairs, school board members now are considering borrowing what they can without voter approval to pay for state-mandated improvements.

Hunt County has received some impressive marks concerning plans to issue bonds for the $24 million road bond package approved by voters in November.