Trends in the Regions

Chicago will bring to market $1 billion of bonds for O'Hare International Airport, part one of a three-phase financing plan for 2024.

While the nonprofit hospital sector shows signs of stabilizing, Houston-based Texas Children's Hospital faces fiscal problems that led to two rating downgrades.

The purpose of restructuring is to help the Pennsylvania hospital operator "avoid a bankruptcy scenario," said Dora Lee of Belle Haven Investments.

Issuers in five Far West states increased their borrowing the first half of the year, while four saw sizable decreases.

The region's municipal bond volume grew by 42.4%, outpacing the nationwide 32% increase in a first-half marked by gas prepay deals and Brightline's big sale.

Midwest bond sales ticked 1.8% higher by volume in the first half of 2024, to $34.377 billion as the region missed out on the big gains in volume nationwide.

Issuers in the eight-state region sold $50.6 billion of bonds with Texas accounting for 65% of the volume.

New York state's issuers topped the Northeast charts as issuance rose in nearly every sector of the market during the first half of 2024.

Proposed guidelines for federal tax credits could undermine the effort to build a clean hydrogen market, critics say.

The state has selected a stretch of Interstate 24 between Nashville and Murfreesboro to be its first "Choice Lane," an optional toll lane to bypass congestion.

Months after the SEC approved several spot bitcoin exchange-traded product shares, a number of Midwest public pension funds are dabbling in crypto investments.

Municipal bond market participants say a proposed constitutional amendment targeting property tax revenue would increase borrowing costs and lead to litigation.

The private Massachusetts college is partnering with the Collegiate Housing Foundation to address a good problem for a Northeast school to have: rising demand.

California and Oregon are experiencing yet another record-setting year of wildfires amid increasing uncertainty about FEMA and property insurance backstops.

Thursday's pricing of senior revenue bonds comes after Fitch Ratings upgraded the airport's subordinate debt.

When Wisconsin priced $253.755 million of GO refunding bonds on July 23, it was the state's second forward delivery deal in recent months.

The states and others are pushing back against studies showing adverse financial effects from laws that punish banks for their fossil fuel and firearm policies.

LIPA's prepares to go to market with new leadership as it prepares to decide on its next power supply management services provider.

Lawsuits targeting validation lawsuits for pension obligation bonds in California generally stop issuers from considering issuance, but two cities have fought and, so far, won.

The proceeds will be used to finance replacement of the Calcasieu River Bridge.