Public finance

Municipal bond insurance may have finished 2018 down 18.1% from where it was the year before, but it outpaced the 23.5% volume dip the overall industry saw due to changes in tax legislation.

IHS Markit Ipreo forecasts weekly bond volume will increase to $4.9 billion.

Maureen Stapleton is credited with diversifying the San Diego County Water Authority's water supply.

The latest reversal of Puerto Rico's Title III bankruptcy court again draws attention to PROMESA's failure to meet its goals of restoring fiscal responsibility and capital market access for Puerto Rico.

The December index value was down 0.7% from November.

Issuers in the Northeast sold $95.5 billion of municipal bonds in 2018, off 21.3% from 2017 with an even more pronounced fourth-quarter drop.

Municipal bond buyers are looking forward to a more robust new issue slate for next week.

The Ohio department of transportation said it faces a funding gap of about $1 billion annually over the next 11 years.

Municipal bond buyers gave a warm reception to the two deals totaling $473 million.

About 30 investment funds filed a motion in the Employees Retirement System's bankruptcy to be named as its trustee.

The Florida Development Finance Corp. has been asked to approve a third private activity bond allocation for Brightline/Virgin Trains.

Public pension funds are increasingly attracted to infrastructure investment.

A strong economy and the establishment of an outyear payment schedule have effectively masked a serious problem in the commonwealth, according to Pioneer Institute.

Municipal bond buyers saw new issue supply rise on Thursday, led by issues in Louisiana and North Carolina.

The bigger risk is that the President and U.S. Senate won’t be able to install new (or existing) members within 90 days.

J.B. Pritzker unveiled a $38.9 billion budget that relies on new taxes and borrowing.

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp.’s COFINA deal faced new challenges, while the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal on HTA.

The head of the entity overseeing the Gateway initiative lays the delays at the foot of the Trump administration.

Seasonal trends have favored munis so far this year, according to Blackrock's Peter Hayes.

The Trump administration's decision to strip funds from the California high-speed rail project may lead to a dangerously politicized approach to financing infrastructure.