Public finance

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.

A few remaining municipal bond deals hit screens on Thursday to wind down the week's issuance.

Honolulu plans to price $250 million in GOs for the 20-mile-long elevated rail project.

California's Governor and San Diego's mayor launch separate efforts to combat housing crisis