Public finance

Municipal bonds finished mostly stronger on Thursday as deals from issuers in Connecticut and New Jersey dominated action.

Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky wants to end automatic across-the-board budget cuts that include a reduction in the subsidy for direct-pay Build America Bonds.

A continuing disclosure agreement debuted in documents for the state's advance refunding of Build America Bonds.

Topics range from policy changes, regulatory developments, and pensions to interest rates, technology, and market opportunities.

The seat of Niagara County was raised to A3 by Moody's Investors Service.

Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is offering relief to the 4.500 federal employees in Puerto Rico whose paychecks have stopped coming.

Municipal bonds were mostly stronger as action in the primary slowed.

The 8^th annual Municipal Finance Conference is slated to take place July 15-16 at the Brookings Institution in the nation’s capital.

Despite the many factors pulling against our market including slowing GDP and trade uncertainty, Christopher Mier, CFA of Loop Capital, remains optimistic on the municipal market. He see upgrades outpacing downgrades and is looking for stable returns in the state and local sectors. He even has hopes for improvements in Illinois post election and believes that P3s and OPEB bonds may see more activity. John Hallacy is host.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's $42.7 billion FY20 budget proposal includes a call to raise the real estate transfer tax to fund climate-related infrastructure.

One economist attributes the decline to the reduced flow of federal hurricane aid.

Kettering Health Network will sell $200 million of new money and refunding bonds.

Deals from Hawaii, Colorado,and Virginia hit the market Wednesday as munis turned mostly weaker.

The courts will decide whether the city must make up shortfalls in tax levy collections to cover the pension contributions.

Judge Swain ordered the Oversight Board to file a brief on her legal authority to approve the restructuring plan and allowed an opposition party to file its objections.

York County, fresh off the Moody's upgrade, competitively prices the first of two general obligation bond issues Thursday.

Nearly a year after retiring from public finance, Hamel will share commentary on infrastructure and public policy on MMA's independent platform

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy wants the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to prioritize a $2.1 billion replacement for the monorail at Newark's airport.

The Water Infrastructure Improvement Act signed into law earlier this month gave relief to mayors battling to shore up aging infrastructure.

Municipal bond buyers were treated to some new supply on Wednesday as deals from issuers in Hawaii, Colorado and Virginia came to market.