Trends in the Regions

Atlanta's airport and the rapid transit system have the biggest anticipated capital plans over the next five years.

A 2024 Illinois law loosened school bond restrictions, allowing districts to authorize some debt without an election. That caused a backlash in one district.

With big state incentives and tariff protection, a United Arab Emirates-based aluminum producer has pledged to build the first new U.S. smelter in decades.

New York City lawmakers spent big on social services. But the budget still leaves the city exposed to cuts by the Trump administration and congressional GOP. 

The comprehensive federal tax bill President Trump signed July 4 is credit negative for universities, Moody's Ratings said.

As long as the Oversight Board offers virtually nothing to many PREPA bondholders, the bankruptcy is likely to be tied up for years in litigation.

School districts across Missouri face uncertainty over certification of their bond measures in light of a statute requiring a precise public notice window.

The budget traveled a bumpy road before a package of spending bills won final passage just days before the July 1 start of fiscal 2026.

New Hampshire Supreme Court found that the state doesn't spend enough on education, but upheld the education property tax system.

The deal is the second large bond issued from the Public Energy Authority of Kentucky this year.

Yorkville, Illinois, defaulted on special district bonds for Kendall Marketplace, a shopping center that never evolved into the expected retail powerhouse.

Tardy annual financial audits could strip Texas cities of their ability to raise property tax rates under a state law that takes effect Sept. 1.

The top finisher in the Democratic mayoral primary wants the city to issue $70 billion of additional affordable housing bonds. 

Sacramento Municipal Utility District officials credit the Kestrel green verification for attracting a new buyer to its commercial paper.

The first public bond issue from Everglades College, Inc., will finance projects on the institution's Keiser University flagship campus in West Palm Beach.

Indiana's Senate Enrolled Act 1 raises questions about local income tax-backed bonds, appearing to lack protections for bondholders as currently written.

The $247.75 million of unrated tax-exempt bonds will finance public infrastructure and projects for an initial development on state-owned land.

The bonds will help fund the agency's capital improvement plan.

Washington and Oregon are still nailing down the final cost and toll rates for the long-planned replacement for the aging spans carrying I-5 across the river.

Deals from two small Michigan cities show how bond-funded improvements are used to keep up with water infrastructure replacement needs.