Public finance

Tom Doe, president of Municipal Market Analytics, attributes more of the market’s performance to algorithmic bidding, new revenues — such as sport wagering — and natural hazards — such as coastal retreat. John Hallacy is host.

Fitch Ratings said the BB-minus rating on Brightline’s $600 million of private activity bonds was removed because the project has changed strategic focus.

Detroit originally planned to sell $112 million of new money GOs but boosted the deal to $135 million as buyers sought the speculative-grade paper.

Officials in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration trumpet New York City’s healthcare savings program. Budget watchdogs don't buy it.

Chicago boosted to the size of its first sale to finance the O'Hare terminal makeover to $2 billion.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority faces a plate of challenges as crowded as its trains at New York rush hour.

The case may challenge the California Rule, which has thwarted efforts to cut pension benefits.

The board suggests it may sue the governor unless he starts following its requests.

Municipal bonds were stronger with Treasurys as the Chicago O’Hare airport deal came to market as Detroit sold GOs.

The Oversight Board’s pessimistic assumptions add unnecessary confusion and complexity to achieving consensual negotiations with the island’s creditors.

Market groups welcomed the MSRB’s announcement of EMMA’s readiness.

Municipal bonds were stronger with Treasuries at mid-session.

Site-selection expert John Boyd Jr. breaks down who won and lost in the Amazon "sweepstakes," the role of public incentives and the next wave of corporate relocation. Paul Burton hosts.

As of mid-November Puerto Rico's government had an equivalent of 41% of its annual General Fund budget in its central Treasury account.

Municipal bonds finished mostly stronger Monday. The market will be closed Wednesday in honor of former President George H.W. Bush.

The Internal Revenue Service has told bond attorneys that the law doesn’t explicitly say that veterans are a special needs population under the rules for the tax-exemption for multifamily private activity bonds.

The St. Louis-based, multi-state Catholic health system is selling $175 million of taxable paper Tuesday.

The University of Connecticut envisions a development partnership through a special-purpose entity to construct a hockey arena on its Storrs campus.

As U.S. airports crowd into the debt market to fund capital projects, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport will increasingly turn to taxable bonds.

Tim Romer, Goldman Sachs’ longtime head of West Region, will retire in early 2019, leaving his post in the public sector and infrastructure banking group to Ritu Kalra.