Public finance

A bond sale Maine had planned for transportation is in limbo after the governor complained.

David Carrington said his experience with Jefferson County’s bankruptcy prepares him to run for Alabama’s highest office.

Infrastructure Week, is May 15-19, and it will include 66 events across the nation, many of which will focus on the need to repair and build roads, bridges, ports, water and sewer systems and other critical infrastructure.

Municipal bonds ended steady on Monday, ahead of this week’s $9.36 billion new issue calendar. This week’s slate is composed of $7.82 billion of negotiated deals and $1.54 billion of competitive sales.

MetroHealth met with investors ahead of its big, low-investment-grade healthcare deal.

The Bay Area Rapid Transit District is set to issue its first green bonds.

The Oversight Board certified a Title III filing for the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., affirming that its $17.9 billion of revenue bonds will be subject to court supervised restructuring along with other territorial debt.

Last week’s filing of Title III by the Oversight Board, which sets the stage for a court-supervised reorganization of Puerto Rico’s debt, was just the start of a critical series of decisions for investors in the commonwealth’s bonds. There may be developments on several Puerto Rico fronts this week.

Leading up to the May election deciding on a new jail for Wichita County, Kan., no one knew which way the winds of change were blowing. By Saturday night the future was clear -- Wichita County will have a new jail as residents voted in favor of a bond for the jail 58 percent to 42 percent.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- In the wake of voters' approval of the Measure S bond measure supporting local library services, Santa Cruz has formed a 10-member public advisory committee to weigh the ins and outs of an upgrade or replacement downtown library facility.

Andover High School, Kan., which opened in 1984, is hardly an antique.

Voters approved a $24 million bond package for the Van Alstyne, Texas, Independent School District that will add a new elementary school to the city and upgrade the existing one.

NATCHEZ, Miss. -- Natchez High School will see a complete redesign should voters approve the Natchez-Adams School District's $35 million bond measure.

SOUTHLAKE, Texas -- With about 64 percent of the vote in unofficial returns, Carroll school district voters approved a bond package which will raise $208 million without increasing the tax rate.

Municipal bonds were mixed ahead of this week’s $9.36 billion new issue calendar. This week’s slate is composed of $7.82 billion of negotiated deals and $1.54 billion of competitive sales.

Oklahoma lawmakers remain divided about how to fill a $900 million shortfall.

Voters across Texas approved most of the $8.2 billion of bond proposals on local ballots Saturday.

Municipal bond traders will be looking forward to this week’s healthy new issue slate, topped by a variety of deals from around the country.

Pricing wires for competitive bond offerings

Pricing wires for negotiated bond offerings