Public finance

A $1.2 billion revenue bond required the Columbus Regional Airport Authority to "start from scratch." The result is The Bond Buyer's Midwest Deal of the Year.

The muni market has "demonstrated more conviction with steady demand and appealing relative yields weighing on the long-end while shifting dynamics on the short-end have led to municipals selling-off," said Tim Iltz, fixed income credit and market analyst at HJ Sims.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is seeking City Council approval of $1.8 billion in new money general obligation bonds and $2 billion in refunding authority.

The airport paired long fixed-rate debt with four- and seven-year mandatory tender bonds in the transaction honored as the Southwest region's Deal of the Year.

Moody's placed a negative outlook on the higher education earlier this year. 2026 looks even more uncertain, according to a new report from the rating agency.

Chicago homeowners face a record property tax hike after the city's downtown office buildings and other commercial real estate values fell again.

The "data dumps" over the next several weeks could lead to market volatility, said Abdulla Begai, director and fixed income portfolio management at A&M Private Wealth Partners.

Transit advocates are pushing back on the Trump administration exploring the elimination of the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund.

Moody's cited the airport's "significant improvement in liquidity" and "continued enplanement recovery" in its decision to upgrade the rating to Aa3.

Ten winners across five regions and five additional categories will be celebrated Dec. 2 in New York City, where one will be crowned the overall Deal of the Year.

Issuance year-to-date is at $505.245, just shy of 2024's record of $507.585 billion, with $11.109 billion of supply on the calendar for the week of Nov. 17.

The Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project had a deadline Friday for bondholder consent to a settlement resolving construction disputes.

For munis, the end of the shutdown helps steady the backdrop, said James Pruskowski, an investor and market strategist.

Rural providers face $137 billion in federal Medicaid cuts from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The end of the government shutdown includes clearing three of twelve appropriations hurdles while questions linger about the future of the highway reauthorization bill.

Multi-layered state oversight, strict fiscal safeguards and durable revenue pledges support New York City GO and TFA bonds even as investors brace for policy shifts under mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

A state audit of the Houston-based HBCU that identified financial issues led the governor to direct state agencies to launch an investigation.

Illinois lawmakers sent Gov. JB Pritzker a bill to facilitate the use of STAR bonds for economic development, which has happened only once in 15 years.

The Florida county is in the midst of executing a $9 billion capital improvement plan.

"Continuing yield stability ... suggests a comfortable market that, even with the shutdown apparently close to ending, may resist/lag potential price/yield changes in taxables," said Matt Fabian, president of Municipal Market Analytics.