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Municipals were little changed Thursday as U.S. Treasury yields rose and equities ended down. This year’s summer technical picture has been stronger than 2023, said AllianceBernstein strategists. Total returns for June through August last year were –0.04%, with August wiping out June and July gains as UST yields “jumped” and muni yields moved higher, they

The Warren County Board of Education in Kentucky approved issuance of $87 million in general obligation bonds last week. These will be among the first GO bonds issued by a Kentucky school district since the state government passed a law allowing them to sell GOs in April, to give school districts a method to address

Regulators are once again receiving pushback from dealer groups for continued efforts to move to a one-minute trade reporting standard, where criticisms range from questioning why such a proposal could ever work in fixed income markets to begin with, to constructive advice on how to further strengthen the exceptions they have proposed. This recent round

New Jersey is poised to sell up to $2.4 billion of bonds for its transportation infrastructure, according to a report from Fitch Ratings.  The New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority is expected to issue $1.3 billion of transportation system bonds and roughly $1.1 billion of transportation program bonds through a negotiated sale in October, the

The Bond Buyer announces its third annual class of inductees into its Hall of Fame of municipal finance, which recognizes and celebrates groundbreaking individuals who have left an indelible legacy on the muni community and the people and places it represents. The new class of groundbreaking Hall of Famers gives representation to a range of

Southeast municipal bond issuance bounced back in the first half of 2024, with dollar volume rising 42.4% from the first half of 2023. This followed a 29.9% decline in the first half of 2023 compared to the first half of 2022. The Southeast bond volume increase in first half of 2024 from the first half

Hall of Fame inductees will be honored at an awards dinner at the close of The Bond Buyer’s INFRASTRUCTURE conference, which takes place September 17–18, 2024, at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Scroll through to meet the Class of 2024. Full bios of each honoree will be posted over the next few weeks, in advance of