Public finance

It's among the more unconventional ideas being considered by public agencies facing large deferred maintenance backlogs.

An academic paper presented at the Brookings Institute's annual conference found that future wildfire risks are already having economically significant impacts on financial markets, municipal borrowing costs and vulnerable communities.

A new study indicates that the transition from coal to natural gas is resulting in deteriorating fiscal health in some communities and increases municipal bond yields.

Why more issuers are opting for the tender offer. San Francisco PUC's Nikolai Sklaroff lays it out for Bond Buyer Senior Infrastructure Reporter Caitlin Devitt.

There is a buyer base that is a little bit "skeptical" of longer maturities, but it's more of a retail response, said Adam Congdon, a director at Payden & Rygel.

While the cost of small trades is higher than institutional trades across all fixed-income markets, the gap is more pronounced in the municipal bond market.

The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank has issued a billion dollars of debt to promote clean water. 

A group of local residents in upstate New York is planning to buy the shuttered Cazenovia College campus for $9.5 million.

The $719.5 million of general airport revenue bonds will help finance an ongoing multi-billion-dollar capital improvement plan.

The Illinois Municipal Electric Agency agreed with 29 of its 32 members on new contracts that last until 2055, but the holdouts include two large customers.

The primary market saw "decent subscriptions" last week, but the entire primary calendar came at "healthy concessions to where evals had been marked on existing bonds," Birch Creek strategists said.

The county comes to market on the strength of its recovery, according to the county's financial advisor.

The bonds, scheduled to price next month, will have JPMorgan as senior manager.

The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority is selling $216.5 million of revenue refunding bonds and financing the Clean Rivers Project, a massive effort designed to reduce combined sewer overflows into the local waterways.

A two-year process and a new financing vehicle were needed for the New York Power Authority to price the first prepay energy deal in the state. 

The week was a long-awaited reckoning with record supply, said Kim Olsan, senior fixed income portfolio manager at NewSquare Capital.

The meeting will be held on July 23 and 24.

Randall "Randy" Miller, Chad Miller and Jeffrey De Laveaga were charged by the SEC with creating false documents that were provided to investors in two municipal bond offerings.

The National League of Cities rolled out its annual report showcasing the challenges facing mayors, including the end of BIL funding and a steady diet of uncertainty about the flow of future federal dollars.

The House cuts are less severe than those proposed in President Donald Trump's 2026 budget.