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House and Senate appropriators unveiled a $1.012 trillion bipartisan omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2014 late Monday that would provide funds for transportation and many other programs but not high speed rail.
January 14
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Van Eck Global expanded its line of exchange-traded funds with the debut Tuesday of the Market Vectors Short High Yield Municipal Index ETF, its seventh municipal bond ETF and latest tool for cutting duration and increasing yield potential in a rising interest rate environment.
January 14
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Standard & Poor's changed its outlook on California to positive from stable based on Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal for fiscal year 2015.
January 14
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The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Tuesday said he expects to have a new funding law for highways, ports, bridges and transit in place before the current one expires on Sept. 30, the end of fiscal 2014.
January 14
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After a six-month delay to allow the market to digest Detroit's bankruptcy, Saginaw County, Mich. is bringing $52 million of pension obligation bonds to market Thursday.
January 14
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Steven Rhodes, judge in the Detroit bankruptcy case, will rule Thursday afternoon on whether to accept or reject the city's controversial settlement with its interest-rate swap counterparties.
January 13
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More state transportation P3 projects are on the horizon for 2014 due to declines in state and federal funding streams, Fitch said in a report
January 13
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Mediators in Detroit's bankruptcy case unveiled a tentative plan created by a group of local and national foundations that have already raised $330M that could be used for some of the bankrupt city's unfunded pensions as long as the city promises to preserve its storied art collection.
January 13
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A $775 million New York City Transitional Finance Authority offering and a $468 million Minnesota state general fund appropriation bond sale will arrive in the primary market as investors decide how and where to reinvest Jan. 1 coupon payments and redemptions.
January 12
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Tax-exempt municipal bonds rallied in the first full market week of January, as reinvestment cash hit investor portfolios and government data suggested a sluggish economy.
January 10
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Municipal bonds remain attractive even after their divergence from Treasuries this past week, industry watchers say, suggesting the recent signs of strength in the market may carry into the new year.
January 10
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Eleven U.S. cities are among the first in the 33 of 100 in the world picked by the Rockefeller Foundation to receive financial assistance in developing more-resilient infrastructure to resist catastrophic events.
January 10
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Jefferson County's exit from Chapter 9 bankruptcy sparked interest in general obligation bondholder protections in Alabama, Moody's Investors Service said.
January 10
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A coalition representing Detroit retirees sued in federal court to block the city from implementing health care changes that would shift older employees to Medicare and younger ones to the state-based health care exchange.
January 10
