Public finance

Elí Díaz Atienza will leave his posts as PRASA executive director and liaison to the oversight board later this month.

Public safety retirement costs are most significant at the city and county levels where they average 4.9% of aggregate spending for cities and 1.9% for counties.

Drawing the distinction between the region and the city helps the city provide better revenue projections going forward.

A wide variety of muni bonds are being offered to buyers this week as issuers take advantage of high demand and low rates.

Reuben McDaniel III, newly appointed CEO and president of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, outlines his vision for one of the nation’s top municipal bond issuers. Hosted by Andrew Coen.

Having rejected a Puerto Rico Oversight Board request to dismiss the challenges to the restructuring because it would be extremely difficult to undo, a U.S. appeals court is about to entertain the board's arguments on the challenges' substance.

Eric Garcetti's signed an executive directive

Lack of supply continues while professional money keeps market liquid.

A nonprofit corporation will use the taxable and tax-exempt bonds to buy or refinance 28 skilled nursing facilities in Oklahoma and Texas.

The municipal market started off the week like gangbusters, but was ending very quietly on Thursday as the holiday-shortened week approaches.

The total employment number slipped below one million in December, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

If House Bill 653 passes, Fitch Ratings says any rating impact would be felt by local governments that receive transfers, rather than by the utilities.

Analysts expect a drop in trade volume in at least the first two quarters of this year.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, presenter of the Oscars, is issuing debt to cover cost overruns on the museum it plans to open in December.

BlackRock's Sean Carney discusses the new era of challenges for muniland, including climate change and cyber security. He also opines about the growing trend of taxable issuance. Aaron Weitzman hosts.

The municipal primary saw billions of new deals hit the market, but the final yields on the biggest deal of the day result in something that the market hadn’t seen in a while — a repricing to higher yields.

Amarillo city officials are asking voters to go to the polls in May to decide the fate of a $275 million bond issue to help fund a proposed $319 million Civic Center expansion and renovation project.

Members of the Public Finance Network sent a letter to Congress urging restoration of advance refunding for tax-exempt bonds.

Omaha voters will be asked in May to authorize $200 million of general obligation bonds.

Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Chief Mediator Barbara Houser said that the bankruptcy judge should rule on issues concerning "nonsecured creditors."