Public finance

Indianapolis airport is back with a refunding of notes but it is holding plans to refund variable rate debt because it no longer makes economic sense.

The action in the municipal market won't slow down yet, as bond hungry money managers will get a third week in a row of issuance greater than $11 billion.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot says the city can manage through 2020 and will wait for the 2020 session to resurrect requests.

The city is issuing its very first green bond deal and the first ever airport green bond deal.

The question of how to pay for the governor's $21 billion, 10-year transportation bill points to the political third rail of highway tolls.

Montreal businessman Anthony McCord will arrive next month as New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's chief transformation officer to address the authority's myriad operational and capital funding challenges.

Municipals spent Thursday following the rally in Treasuries, with new issues dominating the focus.

The state will pool the assets of 650 public safety pension funds outside Chicago into two new funds: one for police and one for firefighters.

Next week's $500 million taxable revenue bond deal is backed by a 1% surcharge on annual incomes higher than $1 million.

David Hammer, vice president and head of municipal bond portfolio management at PIMCO, discusses munis' historic year in terms of performance and inflows and breaks down what makes muni so attractive. This podcast, recorded in September, is hosted by Aaron Weitzman.

The Chicago Civic Federation supports the proposed budget despite worries

The municipal market was hit with a ton and a half of new issuance with bond hungry investors waiting with open arms and cash in hand.

Five Republican representatives asked three Democrats to withdraw their legal brief opposing the agreement.

The state sells $268 million of GOs competitively this week while officials weigh refunding opportunities.

NDH founder Scott Haber told Louisiana officials that state tax credits can provide seed funding for public-private partnership projects.

The territory needs $1.3 billion to $2.3 billion of investment beyond the current level to support growth and competitiveness.

Chicago now expects to bank $215 million in upfront debt refinancing savings from a bond refinancing it expects late this year or early next.

The week’s new issuance got off to a slow start on Tuesday, but the Street is flush with cash and ready to pounce as the bigger deals price on Wednesday and Thursday.

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission takes bids Wednesday on its first new money deal in nine years.

The Ann Arbor, Michigan, schools persuaded voters that waiting would be more expensive, while pitching greener buildings in an education-driven community.