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Residents outside a home destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California.Bloomberg News S&P Global Ratings revised the outlook to negative from stable on Edison International and Southern California Edison based on the potential risk of depletion of the wildfire bond fund created by California lawmakers to bail out utilities facing wildfire liability risk. S&P

Transcription: Transcripts are generated using a combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain errors. Please check the corresponding audio for the authoritative record. Mike Scarchilli (00:05):Hi everyone and welcome to the Bond Buyer podcast, your essential resource for insights into the world of public finance and municipal market trends. I’m Mike

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order to create a sovereign wealth fund with Scott Bessent, US Treasury secretary, left, and Howard Lutnick, chief executive officer of Cantor Fitzgerald LP and US commerce secretary nominee, right, in the Oval Office.Chris Kleponis/Bloomberg President Donald Trump Monday signed an executive order that will start the process

A Federal Railroad Administration study calls for Amtrak to double the service it offers on long-distance overnight trains like this one in New Mexico.Adobe Stock Several Southwest states are eying intercity or interstate passenger trains amid the region’s continuing population boom but their fate remains in the hand of a new administration whose support for

Adobe Stock Terie Gelberg has lived at the Harborside, a retirement community on Long Island’s North Shore, for almost two decades. It was supposed to be the last home for the 99-year-old wheelchair user with memory issues, but plans to sell the bankrupt municipal bond financed facility to a private equity firm threaten to upend her

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21451487/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were steady Monday, mostly ignoring market movements surrounding President Donald Trump’s imposed tariffs. On Saturday, Trump signed an executive order to impose heavy tariffs on goods — 25% on Canada and Mexico and 10% on China — and all three nations planned retaliation. These tariffs, set to be

The Transportation Corridor Agencies is executing on a multi-year strategic plan to pay down debt early.Transportation Corridor Agencies The San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency in Orange County, California, paid off $200 million in bond debt early saving the agency approximately $203 million in future interest payments. The Transportation Corridor Agencies, which operates both the

“Tax exempt municipal bonds are a critical financing tool for county governments, allowing investment in large-scale infrastructure projects at a lower cost to taxpayers,” said Mark Ritacco, chief government affairs officer for the National Association of Counties. ”Counties are urging Congress to preserve the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds to avoid significantly shifting infrastructure costs onto

U.S. Securities Exchange Commission staff have been told to seek permission from leadership before formally starting probes, Reuters reported, citing people briefed on the matter who weren’t identified. The change, which marked a move away from recent norms, was made since President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, the people told Reuters. The news