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 ”I have been laser focused on ensuring that the jobs created by this project go first and foremost to district residents,” said D.C. at-large, Councilman Kenyan McDuffie, “and that district-based companies receive the bulk of the contracts associated with this project.”  D.C. City Council The bond-financed renovation of Capital One Arena in downtown Washington D.C. is

Chicago’s City Hall. The City Council on Thursday soundly rejected Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed property tax increase, part of an effort to close a yawning fiscal 2025 budget gap.Adobe Stock The Chicago City Council delivered a strong rebuke of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s fiscal 2025 budget on Thursday, voting down a proposed $300 million property tax

James Monroe High School students in the school’s Creative Arts building, which was financed with LAUSD Build America bonds.LAUSD After more than a decade of cuts to the promised subsidy that underpinned Build America Bonds, dozens of issuers pulled the plug on that structure this year. The Los Angeles Unified School District was in the

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20306565/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were narrowly mixed Thursday as U.S. Treasuries saw losses up front and gains out long and equities ended down. Municipal yields, while bumped or cut up to three basis points, depending on the scale, have had a relatively quiet week following the volatility post-election. However, “volatility will likely

Passengers board a Brightline passenger train in Miami. Opening the full Miami-to-Orlando route paved the way for Brightline to embark on a major restructuring of its full capital stack.Bloomberg News Most deals take some time to put together, but this year’s Brightline Florida passenger train financing has been in the works since the borrower first

&lt;img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20281438/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /&gt; Municipal market outperformance continued Wednesday as triple-A yield curves saw an improved bias while U.S. Treasuries were mixed after inflation data threw more uncertainty over the Federal Reserve’s next moves. The October consumer price index came in as projected, but stickiness in inflation — especially with expectations that President-elect

&amp;amp;lt;img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20266588/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /&amp;amp;gt; Municipals were narrowly mixed Tuesday, ignoring larger U.S. Treasury market losses while stocks ended their breakneck pace of post-election gains to close the session down. Triple-A yield curves showed a mix of one to three basis point bumps and cuts, depending on the curve, while USTs saw losses of

Palm Beach County Comptroller Joseph Abruzzo said the doctrine of separation of powers bars the court from telling him how to invest the county’s money. Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller Joseph Abruzzo last week asked a Florida court to dismiss a lawsuit by pro-Palestinian county residents contesting his investment of county money in Israel

Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. The top 10 bond counsels accounted for $171.71 billion in the first nine months of 2024. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe lead the pack, accounting for $42.15 billion in 277 issues for an 11.3% market share, followed by Kutak Rock with $22.6 billion

South Carolina-based assisted living developers CR Lakewood and CR Lakeside Place resolved a bond default. AdobeStock Owners of assisted and independent living retirement centers in South Carolina resolved a default on $24.5 million of bonds, according to a posting. Borrowers CR Lakewood, LLC, and CR Lakeside Place, LLC, failed to make principal payments due on

&amp;amp;amp;lt;img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20211105/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /&amp;amp;amp;gt; Municipals rallied Friday, fully recovering the losses from Wednesday’s selloff, as U.S. Treasury yields were mixed and equities ended up. Triple-A yields fell nine to 15 basis points Friday, depending on the scale, as investors flooded back into the market after the post-election selloff and FOMC rate cut. Those

“We are very pleased to have Ari join HilltopSecurities to lead our structured finance and mortgage business,” Hilltop CEO Brad Winges said in the release. “Ari’s historical skillset and vision in the mortgage sector are key elements of why he is such an important hire for our firm.” HilltopSecurities hired Ari Kavour as executive managing

A rendering of the Central Ohio Transit Authority’s bus rapid transit system.Central Ohio Transit Authority Bonds are part of the plans for a transit sales tax measure voters in Columbus, Ohio, approved this week. Voters in the Central Ohio Transit Authority service area approved a sales tax measure with more than 56% in favor. The

Election workers sort mail-in ballots Tuesday in Martinez, California.Bloomberg News California voters were friendly to municipal bonds in Tuesday’s election, with a few notable exceptions. The state’s voters passed two separate $10 billion state bond measures and put their stamp of approval on at least $42.8 billion of local school general obligation bonds. Tuesday’s ballot

Jenniffer González Colón, a supporter of statehood for Puerto Rico, was elected the next governor of the island. Three of the five biggest bond referendums in the Southeast region passed on Tuesday, with voters agreeing to requests from Nashville, Tennessee; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Fairfax County, Virginia, and rejecting them in Cary, North Carolina, and

&amp;amp;lt;img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20192719/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /&amp;amp;gt; Municipals and U.S. Treasuries improved Thursday and equities ended mixed after the Fed cut rates 25 basis points and left the door open for further cuts in December. Triple-A yields fell three to seven basis points Thursday while govies were better by up to 11 basis points, retracing some

Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Executive Director Joe Echelle said inflation boosted the cost of every line item in the 15-year ACCESS Oklahoma program.Oklahoma Turnpike Authority The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority authorized on Thursday the issuance of $1 billion of revenue bonds to continue financing the controversial ACCESS Oklahoma expansion program with a projected price tag that has

“Going into Election Day, Republicans held 57 legislative chambers nationwide, and Democrats held 41, a Republican edge that we’ve seen nationally since the Tea Party wave in 2010,” said Ben Williams, NCSL. ”We have as of right now, 54 chambers with Republican control, 35 chambers with Democratic control. We have one chamber that looks like it

&lt;img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20173584/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /&gt; Municipal bonds sold off Wednesday, following U.S. Treasuries to much higher yields in a risk-on trade after a sweeping victory by former President Donald Trump and a Republican takeover of the Senate. Equities saw massive gains on the day. The red wave that took the presidency and the Senate

“We hope to act as a resource to the industry, trying to provide some additional knowledge, research findings that can help the market,” said Martin Luby, the Center on Municipal Capital Markets’ director.University of Texas at Austin The role of capital markets in financing infrastructure is the focus of a university-based center recently launched in