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Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. William W. “Bill” Fish, who spent his career working with municipal bonds, died on Feb. 18 at The Connecticut Hospice overlooking the Long Island Sound, which he loved. Mr. Fish was born on Nov. 12, 1944, in Brunswick, Maine. He attended Bowdoin

S&P Global Ratings Friday revised its outlook on Mississippi to negative from stable and affirmed the state’s general obligation bonds at AA. S&P also the AA-minus rating on the state’s appropriation-backed special obligation bonds and lease revenue certificates of participation. In addition, S&P affirmed the A rating on the Mississippi Development Bank’s outstanding debt, reflecting

A recent report warns that Boston’s tax revenue may fall by $1.2 to $1.5 billion over the next five years — the equivalent of the city’s 2024 education budget. Not every analyst concurs with the report’s headline number, but there’s consensus that the triple-A-rated city is uniquely vulnerable to the national decline in commercial real

Municipals were little changed to end the week ahead of an estimated $6.1 billion new-issue calendar. U.S. Treasuries were firmer, and equities ended up. Muni yields were steady throughout the week, ignoring small but “well-behaved” UST movements, which stayed “in a relatively narrow range despite some important data releases,” according to Barclays PLC strategists Mikhail

The Ohio state Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that included $1.27 billion in bonds for state government agency facilities, K-12 classrooms, local subdivisions’ capital improvement projects and conservation projects. The bill, HB 27, was originally intended only to give students more information about college fees and loan repayment. And Senate Democrats voiced reservations about

Hawaii lawmakers grilled the budget director Thursday as recovery costs for the Maui wildfire are coming in double expectations, putting the budget at risk. During a hearing before the Senate Ways and Means Committee, Budget Director Luis Salaveria was asked when Gov. Josh Green’s administration realized costs to temporarily house people displaced by the fire

On Thursday the Internal Revenue Service provided updated guidance on how utility companies are allowed to use securitization to recover costs through rate increases to customers.   The new regulations are denoted by the IRS as Rev. Proc. 2024-15 which updates Rev. Proc. 2005-62. The ruling expands the definition of public utility companies to include publicly owned power

Congress is expected to begin voting next week on the first set of fiscal 2024 budget bills – five months into the fiscal year – after the parties reached another short-term deal to avert a government shutdown Friday. The two chambers on Thursday passed a stopgap bill that extends the deadline for four spending bills,

After years of soliciting market feedback, new Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Rule G-46 on the duties of solicitor municipal advisors is in effect as of March 1, setting the stage for closer scrutiny from both municipal advisors and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Solicitor municipal advisors are a much smaller crowd than traditional municipal advisors

Global exports from Kentucky rose 16.6% year-over-year to a record high of $40.2 billion in 2023, as more products made in the Bluegrass State were shipped around the world. Aerospace products and parts led the state’s exports by category in 2023, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division and WISERTrade.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday signed the state’s $37.5 billion amended fiscal 2024 budget, $5 billion more than the original plan passed last year. “I am proud to sign a budget that further invests in our priorities of public safety, education and workforce development, and strengthened infrastructure to keep Georgia the best state to

Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. A power struggle over the governance of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, a university’s claims of federal agency retaliation for suing the Department of Education leading to a Moody’s ratings downgrade, and a Houston mayor ending a legal dispute with firefighters that could

Washington State lawmakers approved a $14.6 billion supplemental transportation budget that adds $1 billion to the 2023-25 biennium budget approved in July. The House approved the bill on Saturday in a 93-to-2 vote, while senators voted 48-to-1 in favor Tuesday. The budget prioritizes roadway preservation and funding for Washington state ferries. Lawmakers have until March

February volume surged year-over-year as pent-up issuance needs, increased investor demand and a more stable muni interest rate environment led issuers to come to market. February is a historically low issuance month and 2023 levels — the lowest month of issuance in a down year — were low even for February standards, so the total

Municipal bond mutual funds saw small inflows, the secondary market showed constructive trading with firmer prints in spots and the asset class is likely to see slightly positive returns for the month. Equities ended in the black, with the Nasdaq leading the rally. Triple-A yields were bumped a basis point or two, depending on the

A wave of tax cuts that states passed amid COVID-related surpluses may prove a financial problem for the medium and long term, analysts said Thursday. “The examination of states’ post-pandemic fiscal trajectories reveals a concerning trend: revenue growth has decelerated in many states and the implementation of permanent tax cuts could leave some with depleted

A bill that includes additional bonding authority for a University of Utah Health medical campus project hit with ballooning costs passed the legislature Wednesday.  A provision in Senate Bill 241 would increase the amount of revenue bonds for the West Valley Health and Community Center to $800 million from $400 million. The University of Utah

The Biden administration Thursday sent out nearly $10 billion in public transit funding to fulfill the first five months of fiscal 2024 appropriations despite the lack of a full-year spending plan from Congress. The partial-year funding — from last October through March 1 — keeps spending flat at fiscal 2023 levels while the government operates

Indiana saw a tax revenue windfall in January, with general fund revenues coming in 15.8% above last January’s number and 9.3% above December’s projections. But the office of Chief Economist Hari Razafindramanana cautioned that individual income tax collections surpassed estimates only because of “unusual timing factors that are currently expected to normalize… over the coming

The Internal Revenue Service would allow tax-exempt bonds to be issued for space infrastructure under bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday in Congress, with supporters like the state of Florida saying spaceports should have the same access to low-cost financing as air and seaports. “As adversaries like China continue to expand their presence in space, it’s imperative

The executive director of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, which is undertaking a $5 billion, bond-financed expansion program, resigned Wednesday after the state attorney general issued an opinion regarding the legality of holding multiple governmental offices. The opinion served as the effective resignation of Tim Gatz, who has headed the OTA since 2016, according to a