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At least 48 school districts across the state are seeking bonds or budget limit override measures, including 26 in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix and its suburbs.
October 30 -
Heavyweight ballot measures include $3.5 billion from the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County and $3 billion for the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas.
October 28 -
Interest rates the district will pay on a recent $600 million deal are lower than it paid in its previous bond deal a year and a half ago.
October 23 -
llinois paper is looking more attractive when held up to Chicago city and Chicago Public Schools bonds, Citi analysts write.
October 22 -
The agencies aren't concerned about the ongoing strike, but the final contract will determine if Chicago Public Schools continues its slow rating progress.
October 18 -
The municipal market will scrutinize the impact of the ultimate contract deal on the school district's books and the city's fiscal burdens.
October 17 -
The Berkeley County School District and its former financial advisors and bond counsel said settlement talks were unsuccessful.
October 16 -
The general obligation bond measure would allocate $9 billion to K-12 schools and $6 billion to the state's universities and community colleges.
October 10 -
Greater Nanticoke Area School District has posted a legal notice of plans to float bonds in an amount "not to exceed" $17.5 million, to be used for "advanced refunding of the school district's outstanding general obligation bond." The move is projected to save about $600,000.
October 4 -
Fitch Ratings upgraded the district to BB-plus from BB-minus.
October 3