Public finance

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.

In the first half of the year, private-sector jobs in the Big Apple surpassed pre-pandemic levels as payroll gains outperformed the national growth rate. However, Mayor Adams says there is one big problem that "will destroy New York City."

Refinitiv Lipper reported $798.474 million was pulled from municipal bond mutual funds in the week ending Wednesday after $407.976 million of inflows into the funds the previous week.

Power of EPA regulation and SRFs are called into question during hearing.

Utilities have faced lawsuits following wildfires for their perceived role in the destruction.

With around 30% of bonds trading near the de minimis threshold, a new study takes a deep dive into how the rule drives illiquidity as mutual funds dump paper that's approaching the threshold.

The 17 struggling hospitals awarded loans through the program serve low-income and elderly patients or are located in underserved areas.

The Des Moines Airport Authority wants to take advantage of Polk County's triple-A ratings to lower borrowing costs for a terminal project.

State Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio said lower-than-predicted fuel use in fiscal 2023 meant a 0.9-cent lift to the Petroleum Products Gross Receipt tax rate.

California and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey held one-day retail order periods for $1 billion-plus issues.

Water sector organizations are pressing Congress for a full appropriation for State Revolving Funds