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Chicago Public Schools plans to return to market with $650 million of Series 2025A unlimited tax general obligation bonds.

BondLink's client issuers reached over $500 billion in bond sales while working with the municipal bond platform.

The underwriting firm's hires will expand its real estate development finance group and Southeast operations.

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit has struggled to regain ridership after the pandemic.

The 10-campus public university system apparently scrapped plans to price $1.5 billion in debt this week.

Doe announced his decision to hand over the day-to-day duties to his partners in a client email on Friday.

Through June 30, BAM insured 11 transactions with par of $100 million or more, with four more deals coming since then, the company said.

The University of California is slated to price $1.5 billion in revenue bonds next week even as it battles Trump administration threats to research funding.

Hospital acquisitions, expansions and the anticipation of federal policy changes has increased bond issuance from the California Health Facilities Financing Authority.

The port, which operates Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, received a Moody's Ratings upgrade ahead of a $761 million revenue bond deal slated for next week.

The airport, also selling $412.8 million of new money, will join a bevy of issuers who have deployed a tender offer in the hope of realizing refunding savings.

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

The top suite of firms oversaw deals amounting to more than $139 billion par value across 58% of the market.

Schools and governments turn to bonds to cover payouts in the wake of a California law that temporarily lifted the statute of limitations on sex abuse claims.

The top 10 underwriters for the first half of the year brought in more than $203 billion across nearly 2,000 issues.

The top issuers for the first half of 2025 put out a combined 89 issuances amounting to more than $39 billion in par value.

Soon after it sold $687.3 million of bonds, Chicago returned to market with $82.55 million for housing and economic development in a deal set to close Monday.

Primary bond market volume was up 3.6% year-over-year to $49.9 billion, according to LSEG data.

Chicago goes to market next week with $517.95 million of taxable and tax-exempt general obligation bonds following a downward outlook revision from Fitch.

This episode takes us inside The Bond Buyer's recent Southeast Public Finance Conference, where airport finance leaders from Orlando and Tampa discussed shifting passenger trends, modular capital planning, federal grant concerns, and why long-term growth still looks strong.