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<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21851341/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipal bond issuance in the Far West region in 2024 reflected a national boom, rising 30.8% year-over-year to $98.96 billion, according to LSEG data, spurred by infrastructure spending and fear over potential changes post-election. “There was a theme for the majority of the year of people pushing out debt

ASA President and CEO Chris Iacovella Calling it a “unicorn regulatory body,” the American Securities Association challenged the constitutionality of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board in a brief filed Thursday that asks a federal appeals court to scrap an order that shortened the timeframe for reporting trades to the MSRB.  The MSRB “is a quasi-public,

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21869078/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Issuance in February remained strong despite only ticking up slightly year-over-year. February’s volume was at $33.725 billion in 622 issues, up only 1.6% from $33.191 billion in 614 issues in 2024, according to LSEG data. While issuance in February is essentially flat, supply remains strong in 2025, said David

Bond trustee UMB Trust has hired Lighthouse Management Group to serve as a receiver for a defaulted mining project.AdobeStock A Florida mining project that defaulted on its municipal bonds was put into receivership. The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida appointed Lighthouse Management Group, Inc., to be the receiver for the

“It is totally counter-intuitive that a Republican district would be thinking about eliminating a tool that finances the very infrastructure and economic development and affordable housing in their district,” said Toby Rittner, president and CEO of the Council of Development Finance Agencies. ”But this is a math game. The president wants certain things, and they have

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21870451/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were quiet Friday ahead of an $11 billion new-issue calendar as U.S. Treasury yields fell and equities ended up. The bond market’s attention has shifted from inflation and tariffs to economic growth issues, said BofA Global Research’s Yingchen Li and Ian Rogow. “Weak January retail sales and a

PREPA bondholders opposed to the Oversight Board’s offer say the reasons the court had given to continue the stay are no longer valid. Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bondholders opposed to the Oversight Board’s proposed restructuring filed a motion to lift the bankruptcy’s litigation stay, which could lead to their appointing a receiver for PREPA.

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21816220/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Muni yields fell Tuesday, underperforming a U.S. Treasury rally. Equities ended mixed. Muni yields fell three to eight basis points, while UST yields fell eight to 11 basis points. The two-year municipal to UST ratio Tuesday was at 63%, the five-year at 64%, the 10-year at 67% and the

“Every deal team that has an issue they’re working on will spend a lot of time talking about this,” said Glenn Weinstein at Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. and former chair of the National Association of Bond Lawyers’ Securities Law and Disclosure Committee.Glenn Weinstein Municipal market participants are beginning to ponder when and whether the threat to

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21795219/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were slightly firmer in spots Monday as U.S. Treasury yields fell and equities ended mixed. “Munis have been slow and steady (steady may be a stretch) for the first couple of months of the year,” said Daryl Clements, a portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein. Munis returned 0.51% in January

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Friday.Bloomberg News For municipal bond investors – and investors overall – an executive order signed Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump could erode confidence that the Securities and Exchange Commission will be willing to take action against “politically favored fraudsters.” “One thing I would worry about if

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks in Washington, D.C., in January. The governor devoted a healthy chunk of his budget address to warnings about and defiance of the Trump administration.Bloomberg News Washington’s threats to state and local government funding took center stage when Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Wednesday delivered his seventh budget address to a joint

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21736765/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were steady to slightly firmer Thursday as the $2.5 billion Brightline West Passenger Rail Project deal priced amid a quieter new-issue market. U.S. Treasury yields fell slightly and equities were down. The two-year municipal to UST ratio Thursday was at 62%, the five-year at 63%, the 10-year at

Vacant office space is advertised in San Francisco. The city wants to make it easier to convert offices into apartments.Bloomberg News Office market turmoil since the COVID-19 pandemic amid a housing shortage has driven calls for office-to-residential conversions in San Francisco and Los Angeles. While the concept sounds simple, so far such conversions have been

Andrew Nakahata was appointed to California IBank’s second top slot.TD Securities Andrew Nakahata has been appointed chief deputy executive director and chief operating officer at the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, according to the governor’s office. San Francisco-based Nakahata, who is expected to start with IBank on March 17, will leave a position as

Construction on an underpass at State Route 46, part of the California high speed rail project, which is the target of a review by the Trump administration.California High Speed Rail Authority The Trump administration said Thursday it would launch a probe into California’s long-struggling bullet train to determine whether it should rescind $4 billion in

A rendering of Brightline West, the Las Vegas-Los Angeles electric bullet train that came to market this week with $2.5 billion of unrated private activity bonds.Brightline West Brightline West, the Las Vegas-Los Angeles bullet train, hit the market Thursday with $2.5 billion of unrated private activity bonds that sported nearly double-digit yields in what’s likely to

“I hope the House can pass one big bill that meets President Trump’s priorities,” said Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham, D-S.C. ”This approach provides money that we needed yesterday to continue the momentum on securing our border, enforcing our immigration laws, and rebuilding our military. Time is of the essence.”Brett Flashnick The U.S. Senate emerged

Collapsed Interstate 40 in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. Gov. Josh Stein is seeking an additional $19 billion in federal aid.North Carolina Department of Transportation Reports that President Donald Trump plans to cut 84% of the staff from one of the two major federal programs providing natural disaster aid concern analysts. Previously, Trump suggested

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21753829/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were firmer Friday ahead of a larger new-issue calendar as U.S. Treasury yields fell and equities were down. Muni yields were bumped up to four basis points, depending on the curve, while UST yields fell eight to nine basis points across the curve. Market activity has been somewhat