Public finance

Greg Shuman said he favors municipals for being a niche market, its blend of government policy and economics, the quantitative focus of fixed income as an asset class, and the complexity and evolving nature of municipal finance and markets.

"What I've learned is to do my best no matter what and always have internal goals for myself," Brittany Whelan said.

"I've always been interested in the fiscal health of a city or county, it goes to the health of the people really," Rob Widigan said.

While supply this week is "softer," uncertainty and volatility may prevail once more due to "yields still not exciting longer-term investors," said Matt Fabian, a partner at Municipal Market Analytics.

Increasing private school enrollment has little to do with falling California public school enrollment, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.

Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Gary Gensler, speaking in front of the Senate Banking Committee, defended his tenure and the 22 rulemaking proposals he's adopted in the last few years.

Labor costs and inflation weigh on hospitals, but improvement may be on the horizon.

The bond issue, which was delayed due to litigation, would be the first debt sold by the turnpike authority for its $5 billion, 15-year toll road program.

Travelers to the Mountain State gave West Virginia a $7 billion boost in 2022, with spending up 17% from pre-pandemic levels, which outpaced the 1% national recovery rate for the tourism industry.

A Wisconsin county has sold more than $200 million of bonds for broadband provider Bug Tussel to provide high-speed internet to rural customers in the state.

Munis have had a slow start "down roughly 0.25% for the first week of September bringing year-to-date returns to 1.34%," said Jason Wong, vice president of municipals at AmeriVet Securities.

But a change in how foreign corporations are taxed brought down total revenue for the year.

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green gave an update Friday on how the state and Maui are faring a month after fires decimated West Maui and razed the town of Lahaina.

The EPA failed to follow an escalation policy that was crafted in the wake of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

Ahead of The Bond Buyer's Infrastructure Conference in Chicago this week, Carlos Braceras, Utah's transportation secretary, talks with Caitlin Devitt about overseeing the largest transportation program in the state's history. He discusses the projects and challenges that go along with creating safe and efficient transportation infrastructure for the fastest-growing state in the union. (33 minutes).

"Coupling the costs of a national crisis that has fallen onto New York City with COVID funding that is running out and reduced revenue growth, our city's financial future may be at risk if we do not act," Mayor Eric Adams said.

Historically, "September and, to a lesser degree, October have not been kind to municipal investors."

"Pennsylvania's positive outlook is based on the significant increase in budget reserves over the past three fiscal years to levels consistent with higher-rated peers," Moody's said.

When Los Angeles World Airports CEO Justin Erbacci steps down next month, Beatrice Hsu will step up as interim CEO.

Building off his success in creating a revolutionary website as Massachusetts assistant treasurer of debt management, BondLink founder Colin MacNaught has grown his firm into 45 states.