The Bond Buyer

The Bond Buyer is a daily trade publication that has been serving the municipal bond industry for over 100 years. Located in New York City, this national newspaper is published every weekday, excluding holidays. It is printed in a tabloid format and usually includes three to four main articles on its front page.

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Revenue bond boost pitched to solve FAA upgrade

1 day ago | bondbuyer.com | Scott Sowers

Aging airport infrastructure is creating headwinds at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, prompting U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to announce a reduction in flights while also unveiling a plan to reconstruct the nation's air traffic control system. "Decades of neglect have left us with an outdated system that is showing its age," said Duffy.
Tax-exempt bonds escape the axe and the scalpel in House tax bill

2 days ago | bondbuyer.com | Caitlin Devitt

The fate of the municipal bond tax exemption appears secure — at least for now — under the first detailed glimpse of a tax bill released Monday afternoon by the House Ways and Means Committee. It's the document that the municipal market has been anticipating and worrying about for months. A late January House menu targeted the tax exemption as a potential way to help cover the costs of the sweeping tax package. The possibility set the muni market on edge.
California governor wants cities, counties to enact homeless camp bans

2 days ago | bondbuyer.com | Keeley Webster

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants local governments to take a hard line on homeless encampments in conjunction with the release of $3.3 billion in grants from the Proposition 1 bond measure. The $6.4 billion bond measure was approved by voters in 2024 to expand behavioral health housing and treatment options for mentally ill and homeless people. The funding is not contingent on cities banning encampments.
House Republicans release initial tax draft, full text expected imminently

2 days ago | bondbuyer.com | Caitlin Devitt

The House Ways and Means Committee late Friday released a preliminary draft of the tax portion of their "big beautiful bill," with full text expected to be released as soon as Monday afternoon. The 28-page document would make permanent 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions set to expire this year, including the increased alternative minimum tax, and lift the child tax credit.
Munis face macroeconomic challenges, potential buyer base shift: strategist

5 days ago | bondbuyer.com | Kathie O'Donnell

Macroeconomic challenges facing the municipal market as well as a possible buyer base shift if policy changes regarding the municipal bond tax exemption were among concerns muni market strategist Vikram Rai cited during a webinar Thursday.
California's fiscal issues mount as governor prepares May budget revisions

5 days ago | bondbuyer.com | Keeley Webster

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to release his budget revisions on May 14 as the state wrestles with homegrown challenges magnified by tariffs, federal grant cuts and federal layoffs. The state's Legislative Analyst's Office forecast in a May 7 report that state general fund tax revenues for the past two fiscal years, 2023-2025, are $5 billion over estimates in the governor's proposed January budget, but 2025-26 revenues are expected to be $7.8 billion below January projections.
Elective pay going nuclear

5 days ago | bondbuyer.com | Scott Sowers

As the budget reconciliation process churns its way through Congress, publicly owned power companies are moving forward with plans for tapping the elective pay program that turns tax credits into cash, a system that's helping usher in a new age for nuclear power. "Probably the biggest item affected will be existing nuclear facilities," said John Godfrey, senior government relations director, American Public Power Association. "You can claim the existing nuclear tax credit using elective pay.
Ways and Means tax hearing set for Tuesday

5 days ago | bondbuyer.com | Caitlin Devitt

The House Ways and Means Committee is eying Tuesday afternoon for a hearing on a tax bill that forms the centerpiece of the Republican's sweeping reconciliation legislation. That means the municipal bond market may catch its first glimpse of the hotly anticipated tax language within the next few days. A framework for the tax bill, outlining general policies and topline numbers, could come as early as Friday afternoon.
Muni banker's Department of Energy work may open tribal finance access

5 days ago | bondbuyer.com | Keeley Webster

As the nation wrestles with a challenging energy transition exacerbated by the growing power demands of data centers and artificial intelligence, a longtime muni banker has taken on a corner of that puzzle as it relates to Native American tribes.
Northern Hospital District of Surry County, N.C., dropped to Caa1

6 days ago | bondbuyer.com | Robert Slavin

Moody's Ratings downgraded Northern Hospital District of Surry County of North Carolina to Caa1 from B2 Thursday on reduced liquidity. "The downgrade to Caa1 reflects NHSC's rapid cash deterioration and inability to stem operating cash flow losses amid a prolonged period of severe financial stress," Moody's said. The outlook on the rating remains negative.