School bonds

Thanks to what one county official termed an "incredible" bond sale, Lee County will pay less interest than expected on a $33 million loan.

The district remains deeply in speculative-grade territory even after the two-notch upgrade.

School bond supporters received favorable results for the biggest three proposals.

Gaston County voters green-lighted both a $250 million school bond referendum and a quarter-cent sales tax increase to pay back the borrowed money Tuesday night.

State lawmakers will meet in a special session May 14.

As the Linn-Mar Community School District's superintendent prepares to leave the growing district, board members are set to again ask voters to finance the building of new schools.

The Fayette County School District's bonds will fund improvements to handle higher enrollment and boost a science and math program.

Most of the more than $6 billion of bond proposals on local ballots passed, but some large issues fell short.

Three members of the community vision team that guided last year's failed 30-year, $78 million proposal offered a post-mortem for the Hays USD 489 school board Monday night.

A flyer opposing Northwest Community Schools' upcoming bond vote has been showing up in district residents' mailboxes for a couple of weeks.

The Wenatchee School Board will meet in the coming weeks to discuss what happens next after the $120 million bond proposal to remodel and expand Wenatchee High School failed last week to meet the 60% approval threshold.

Voters in Aiken County and part of Saluda County approved Tuesday the $90 million Aiken County Public School District's bond to help pay for expansions, additions and security enhancements at four existing schools and to build two new schools.

The district sold $206 million of general obligation bonds in April, including a taxable refunding deal.

Municipal bonds were mixed in late trading on Tuesday as several large deals hit the screens, led by issuers in New York and Maryland.

Within the month, New Hanover County's school board could finalize a timeline for redistricting and pick projects for its next multi-million dollar bond — including new schools.

The state's largest municipal advisor is sticking with the school districts and dropping charter clients, losing some top employees in the process.

New Jersey lawmakers expanded the scope of a bond proposal to add money for school safety.

The school district is relying on referendum in November to support a funding plan.

Adams County Chancery Court Judge Vincent Davis denied a motion Wednesday to dismiss the Natchez-Adams School District's request for $9 million in bonds.

It's another "no" from Battle Ground Public Schools voters as the district, for the third time since 2016, failed Tuesday to pick up enough votes to approve a school facilities bond.