Public finance

Peter Block addresses the latest trends, developments, and expectations for the municipal market in 2019 and beyond in The Bond Buyer’s latest podcast with the managing director of credit and strategy at Ramirez & Co. John Hallacy and Christine Albano host.

Retail investors got first shot at California’s $2 billion GO deal Wednesday.

Lori Lightfoot picked Jeffrey Bethke to help address the city's pension and budget demands when she takes the helm next month.

Assured Guaranty indicated it is interested in reaching a deal on PREPA bonds rather than continuing its quest for a PREPA receiver.

The U.S. budget deficit widened to $691 billion in the first half of fiscal 2019 as spending outpaced an increase in revenue.

Among the beneficiaries is a bond-financed bus line in Portland, Oregon.

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger celebrated when the California Transportation Commission voted, despite a host of warnings, to pay a contractor more than $1 billion to build two tunnels and a stretch of road outside San Francisco nine years ago.

The City Council called on de Blasio to increase reserves in the $92.2 billion budget by $250 million.

Underwriters circulated a premarketing wire on California’s $2 billion GOs as the NYC water authority deal came to market.

Advocates are pressing for more than a pork-filled package, with reforms and sustainable funding sources, too.

Seth Magaziner's strategies mingle school construction borrowing and debt-management sessions with victims compensation, college savings and a small-business program.

The proposed 2020 budget has $139 million for the payment of debt.

Ramirez & Co. makes additions in big markets of Texas and New York.

Steve Dilts, a senior vice president at infrastructure solutions firm HNTB Corporation, discusses the biggest transportation challenges facing the New York City metropolitan region including the long-stalled Gateway project and improving access to Manhattan’s Penn Station. Andrew Coen and Paul Burton host.

The city of Fayetteville will ask a state agency for permission to borrow millions of dollars to pay for additional costs associated with a new Segra baseball stadium and downtown parking garage.

New York City’s water authority kicked off the week by offering bonds to individual investors on Monday.

Cleveland is looking to lock in low fixed rates and eliminate all risks related to the Water System’s hedged debt.

Refundings of recession-era stimulus bonds are driving California's robust sales volume.

The groundings of Boeing 737 MAX 8 and tariffs with China could have an impact on revenue growth among ports and airports.

Tuesday's election demonstrated Normanites' deep reservations about funding and maintaining stormwater projects via a bond and utility fee.