Public finance

ARKANSAS

ALABAMA

Public Private Partnerships will become increasingly common beyond the transportation sector in the United States, Moody’s Investors Service said.

The Texas Attorney General’s Office will not decide on the local property tax exemptions of two P3 student housing projects at Texas A&M.

FLORIDA

ILLINOIS

Kroll Bond Rating Agency released a description of its methodology for rating not-for-profit higher education, a sector that's shown signs of stabilizing.

An airport group wants airlines to drop their opposition to higher passenger facility fees that finance local infrastructure.

Breckinridge Capital Advisors has adopted Bitvore Corp.’s Obligor Intelligence platform to provide analytics and insight on a growing portfolio of 40,000 different CUSIPs from over 4,000 issuers.

IOWA

CALIFORNIA

In the wake of Detroit’s chapter 9 filing, distressed municipalities need to consider a more long-term view, municipal analysts said Monday at The Bond Buyer’s Mid-Atlantic Municipal Market Conference.

Oregon must spend an additional $3.6 billion over the next 20 years to keep aging state highway bridges at current conditions, Oregon DOT says.

ALABAMA

Municipal bond volume is forecast to hold steady in the coming week after the Federal Open Market Committee decided to keep the benchmark interest rate near zero.

Brazos County wants a ruling from the state on property tax exemption of a bond-financed P3 dormitory at Texas A&M.

Based on GASB 25 data, 2014 was the best year for state pensions since the recession, Loop Capital Markets said in its public pension funding review.

ARKANSAS

ALABAMA

Municipal bond funds saw outflows for the fourth straight week, according to Lipper data released on Thursday. Weekly reporting funds experienced $411.069 million of outflows in the week ended Sept. 16, after seeing outflows of $95.986 million in the previous week, Lipper reported.