- Oregon
Washington electric utility Energy Northwest will sell nearly $500 million of refunding bonds later this month.
March 15 -
Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders released a plan for Puerto Rico on Monday that proposes extending Chapter 9 bankruptcy protections to the commonwealths municipalities and contains several healthcare and environmental initiatives.
March 15 -
A two-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration under consideration this week by a Senate committee would provide more federal funding for runways and other infrastructure while keeping the revenue source used to back bonds financing terminal projects at its current level.
March 14 -
Bond lawyers on Thursday criticized the political subdivision rules recently proposed by the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service, claiming they would trample states rights, alter the landscape for public financing, and jeopardize the tax-exempt status of millions of dollars of municipal bonds.
March 10 - Washington
Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla said a senior member of U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryans legislative delegation reaffirmed a commitment to prompt action that would give the commonwealth the tools for a debt restructuring.
March 10 -
Washington State Treasurer James McIntire wants Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service to create a safe harbor for competitive sales of muni bonds in their re-proposed issue price rules.
March 9 -
A $1 trillion shortfall in public pension plans is rooted in poor governance, think tank Manhattan Institute for Policy Research reported.
March 9 -
Organizers of a muni conference that features academics, market practitioners, public officials and regulations are rebranding the event and moving it from Boston to Washington.
March 8 -
With one month to go until opening day, Standard & Poors Rating Services on Friday raised its underlying rating on the District of Columbias baseball park revenue bonds to BBB+ from BBB.
March 8 -
States will share $1.15 billion of federal funding for freight-related highway projects in fiscal 2016.
March 7