Public finance

Deston High School defaulted on series 2021A, 2022A and 2022B bonds.

S&P Global Ratings cut the Toms River Regional School District to A-minus from A, ending a negative CreditWatch but assigning a negative outlook.

The Fayetteville City Council will decide in October whether to put bonds backed by an extension of a one-cent sales tax on the March 2026 ballot.

The state's government now expects general fund revenues to decline 2.3% in the current fiscal year from the previous fiscal year.

Retail offerings from California and Connecticut led the market Wednesday.

It affirmed the California city's Aaa issuer rating, but cited the drag on revenues from tepid tourism numbers and liabilities from child sexual abuse claims.

Housing advocates are resuming a fracas with the federal government over Build America, Buy America requirements they claim are slowing down efforts to build more affordable housing, which relies on private activity bonds.

Secondary selling pressure and the larger calendar weighed on the market Tuesday.

The ever-rising cost of projects is the number one financial challenge for municipalities, according to the latest survey from the National League of Cities.

Chicago is returning to market with a $375 million deal for O'Hare Airport, according to multiple rating reports, with more on the way.

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced it has achieved a hiring goal for new air traffic controllers as the threat of a government shutdown looms in the background.

The outlook revision to negative for the Texas Biomedical Research Institute cited weakened liquidity and reliance on federal grants, the rating agency said.

The nearly-complete offshore wind power generation project can resume construction while it fights a stop-work order from the Trump administration.

Two triple-A bond deals from the Lone Star State to finance water-related projects are scheduled to price this week in the municipal market.

"On a month-to-date basis, AAA munis have outperformed Treasuries across the entire curve. … This outperformance can be attributable to an improvement in market technicals," said Daryl Clements, a portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein.

The Pennsylvania government is still kicking the can down the road on public transit funding. This time, it's using capital funds to plug operating gaps. 

A bill to provide state credit support for housing finance and another to create an infrastructure bank were placed in the legislature's suspense file.

Advocates have floated similar measures repeatedly over the course of several administrations with no luck.

The college's most recent annual comprehensive financial report is for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and S&P is concerned by the lack of timely reporting.

The administration wants the project "to be a model of how to build quickly and cost effectively," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.