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Puerto Rico Oversight Board Chairman David Skeel announced he will leave the board after nearly eight years. Skeel, one of the original seven members appointed in August 2016, shortly after the passage of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act, said he will leave when a replacement is in place. In mid-2020 then-Board

Municipals were weaker for the first session since June 17 as the market saw another busy day of issuance. U.S. Treasury yields rose and equities ended up. Triple-A yields rose two to six basis points while USTs were higher by two to nine basis points. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Wednesday was at 65%, the three-year

Despite swings in short-term rates, issuance of variable rate demand obligations and other floating-rate debt has steadily increased over the past several years, with variable rate (short put) issuance so far in 2024 rising to $5.972 billion, a 6.4% increase year-over-year, LSEG data shows. Issuance rose to $13.239 billion in 2023 from $11.533 billion in

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen called a special legislative session, starting on July 25, to try to win lawmakers’ support for his property tax reform plan.  The plan involves funding Nebraska’s K-12 schools through sales taxes — eliminating certain sales tax exemptions and raising taxes on advertising, cigarettes, vaping products and alcohol — rather than through

Some horse-trading occurred on two initiatives Tuesday as the California governor reached deals to pull them from the ballot if he signed off on legislation that would resolve the issues. Gov. Gavin Newsom has until Sunday to sign the budget, which has resulted in some 11th hour changes, leading up to the deadline, even though

Nearly 150 projects across all states won a piece of $1.8 billion from the popular and competitive transportation Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity, or RAISE, grant program. “Some of these projects are not the multibillion dollar projects that drive national headlines,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told reporters Tuesday on a call announcing the

Data from the Urban Institute’s recent report on April state tax revenues showed sales tax revenues down year-over-year in 31 states in real terms, a decline the nonprofit think tank attributed to decreases in overall consumption and a shift by consumers from taxable goods to nontaxable services. According to the report, 30 of 47 states