Public finance

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

Gov. Andrew Cuomo brokered a memorandum of understanding that ended a stalemate between Amtrak and the MTA to clear the way for new Metro-North service.

The proposed new findings of fact exclude a mention of the new bonds being tax exempt.

Municipal bonds lost early strength and finished mixed on Tuesday as traders returned to work after the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy vetoed a toll increase that would have supported bond-financed capital improvements.

Rachael Eubanks will draw on more than a decade of public finance experience to solve some of the state's infrastructure problems.

The Louisville City Council is scheduled to discuss options Tuesday for a controversial parking structure downtown.

Municipals were stronger Tuesday ahead of this week’s $5 billion new issue calendar.

An arbitration decision against the tribe in connection with a revenue-sharing agreement is good for the city, according to Moody’s.

A trader said lack of follow-through on long new issues continued to plague the market as the weekly calendar shrank to $5B of issuance.

The legislation would leverages $8 billion in federal investment into $226 billion worth of bond authority over the next 10 years.

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo submitted a $9.9 billion fiscal 2020 plan to lawmakers, which anticipates $6.5 million from the legalization of recreational marijuana.

The municipal bond market is prepping for around $5 billion of new issuance in the upcoming holiday-shortened week.

Judge Laura Taylor Swain elicited little discussion of the substantive objections to the proposed settlement and plan of adjustment for $17.6 billion of bonds.

Public housing and a raft of social service programs are at serious risk with a continued federal government shutdown, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, climbed to 4.09% from 4.08% the week before.

Indian River County filed an appeal and a new lawsuit against the private owners of Brightline.

Two lone deals priced on Thursday to close out new issuance for the week.

Janet Mills authorized voter-approved senior housing bonds that were held up for three years by predecessor Paul LePage.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration is interested in a similar structure for a pension obligation bond.