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The rating agency, citing severe ridership drops from COVID-19, dropped its rating to A-minus from A. It assigns a negative outlook.

The timing of a $1.5 billion deal California had planned to price Thursday is no longer firm amid massive dislocations in the markets.

The comptroller called for passage of a federal rescue bill and measures to shore up the city budget.

How severe a financial hit New York City will take during the COVID-19 pandemic is as much of an unknown as the degree of virus spread.

As fear and uncertainty over COVID-19 rapidly grow, it has sent yields for both municipals and Treasuries to never before seen low levels — begging the question if we could see zero or negative yields here in the States?

Vallejo, California, benefited from last week's record-low municipal market rates when it finally sold its water revenue bond refunding.

Richard G. Bartow and his son Richard T. Bartow joined the office this week and will focus on K-12 education.

Recently elected Mayor Justin Elicker revived an old municipal battle cry with a call for more contributions from Yale University and Yale New Haven Health.

Issuers of all sizes are taking advantage of the expanding taxable investor base — from institutions to international to SMAs — as the muni market evolves.

Issuers in the Far West sold $85 billion of municipal bonds in 2019, a 23% increase from 2018.