Public finance

Water utilities feel they have been left out of federal relief funding, making future financing in a WRDA bill important.

The total number of COVID-19 disclosures reported to EMMA for the week ending Aug. 9 was about 700, down from nearly 1,000 the previous week.

With June hotel bed tax collections off dramatically, the county's comptroller said "the pandemic continues to heavily weigh on the tourism industry."

As of Monday it wasn't clear how the election, which was supposed to be completed Sunday, would be extended.

Now investors have hit the reset button on municipal credit expectations and the corresponding return in demand has been quite strong.

Sharp revenue losses caused by the pandemic triggered a negative credit outlook for Long Island’s Nassau County as it prepares to roll out a new fiscal plan to combat a budget hole.

The competitive sale is scheduled for Aug. 19 with Stifel Nicolaus as financial advisor.

Stringer sent a letter to Mayor de Blasio on Monday calling on the city to fully fund the indirect cost rate (ICR) initiative.

Municipals rallied Friday, with yields dropping by as much as one basis point on the long end.

The California Supreme Court ruled July 25 in a pension spiking case with ramifications for the state's ironclad pension legal doctrine.

Newly hired Long Island Power Authority CFO Tamela Monroe has arrived during a busy period for the public utility as it plans aggressive infrastructure goals while grappling with financial challenges posed by coronavirus.

Munis rallied all along the curve Thursday, with long end yields down by as much as four basis points.

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This despite being 3.1% ahead of the oversight board’s May 27 projection.

Total municipal CUSIP requests fell in July after three months of increases, according to CUSIP Global Services.

The fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in municipal green bonds from issuers including states, cities, municipal water and sewer enterprises, transportation systems, universities, and hospitals, and others.

Failure to aid one could hurt the others, according to the state comptroller's review of the city's financial plan.

The Florida Department of Transportation continues litigation in an attempt to terminate the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority.

The two board members with the deepest knowledge of municipal debt have said they will depart.

Ahead of the state's $1.2 billion sale next week, S&P revised its outlook on the AAA rated state to negative