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The county hopes one-time revenues will help it "live to fight another day" as it awaits a state-assisted financial plan.
June 17 -
The system, trustee and bondholders of about $992 million in debt are supporting an exchange of "substantially all" existing bonds, a disclosure statement said.
June 7 -
The move to reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous drug comes amid slowing growth of cannabis-related tax revenue in states that legalized it, like Colorado.
May 28 -
Pittsburgh recently celebrated removing 11,000 lead water service pipes. It has around 6,000 to go, and estimates that it will finish around 2026.
May 13 -
Josh Shapiro proposed $500 million of bonds for site development in his executive budget. But site development has its risks, and the returns may take time.
May 6 -
Since war broke out on Oct. 7 between Israel and Hamas, over $1.64 billion of Israel bonds have been sold to more than 35 U.S. states, counties, cities and municipalities.
April 9 -
After decades of underinvestment, Pennsylvania is launching two new grant programs to help schools fund facility improvements. These grants, the state hopes, will encourage districts to spend more money of their own.
April 1 -
The state Supreme Court ruled that prevailing wage rules for public projects don't apply to private entities that borrow using tax-exempt conduit bonds.
March 18 -
"My 'One Philly Budget' invests $2 billion over five years in new operating and capital dollars focusing on five pillars — public safety, clean and green, economic opportunity, housing and education," said Mayor Cherelle Parker, the city's first woman mayor.
March 15 -
An off year from municipal bond issuers in the Northeast in 2023 pulled the national volume numbers into negative territory.
February 26