Public finance

The bank has long funded wastewater, renewable energy and brownfield remediation projects.

The municipal market appears ready to close the year in a positive manner.

The delay in Washington means state and local budget planners lack critical federal inputs until early next year.

Market participants will focus on reading the tea leaves of the Fed statement Wednesday.

Reps. Brian Mast and Bill Posey asked Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao not to extend a Dec. 31 deadline to issue private activity bonds.

The municipal bond market will see a week of meager issuance, as all eyes are on the Federal Open Market Committee and its upcoming meeting.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit will finance a 26-mile commuter rail line to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport with a $908 million RRIF loan.

The municipal bond market winds down the year by seeing only $1 billion of new issues slated to price this week. It’s a far cry from last December, which saw a mad rush to market ahead of the new tax laws.

The holiday season kicks off for the municipal bond market as new issue supply slows to a crawl while the year winds down.

Atlantic City casino revenue was up 20% year-over-year in November.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel says his pension package offers a path to further stabilize city employees' pensions without burdening taxpayers.

As the end of the year approaches, new issue supply slows down.

Moody's underscored the sense of uncertainty facing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority by dropping its outlook to negative.

In the week ended Dec. 13, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, fell to 4.13% from 4.15% last week.

Former longtime New York City budget veteran Mark Page, who was tapped to help Long Island’s Nassau County tackle mounting tax settlement debt, is retiring at the of the year.

Market data shows the trading gap between A-rated and BBB-rated corporate bonds has widened in volume.

Columbia issued the first U.S. stormwater revenue bonds certified by the Climate Bond Initiative.

The El Paso County Commissioners Court has approved tax rebates to help pay for the renovation of the Plaza Hotel building.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's troubleshooting plan for New York public housing features three new programs.

Municipals were mixed at midday as Treasury bonds weakened while the last of the week’s supply trickled into the primary market.