KBRA assigns a long-term rating of AAA with a Stable Outlook to the State of Wisconsin General Obligation Refunding Bonds of 2026, Series 1 and General Obligation Refunding Bonds of 2027, Series 1. Key Credit Considerations The rating actions reflect the following key credit considerations: Credit Positives. Credit Challenges. Rating Sensitivities For Upgrade. For Downgrade.
KBRA assigns a long-term rating of AAA to Round Rock Independent School District's Series 2026A and Series 2026B Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds and Variable Rate Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, respectively. Key Credit Considerations The rating actions reflect the following key credit considerations: Credit Positives. Credit Challenges. Rating Sensitivities For Upgrade. For Downgrade.
BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (DMB) today announced a distribution of $0.0420 per share of common stock, payable on March 2, 2026 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 18, 2026. The Fund intends to make regular monthly distributions to its common shareholders at a level rate based on its projected performance.
New framework brings clarity, credibility, and market-specific rigor to blue finance across the U.S. municipal market Kestrel today announced the release of its Methodology for Assessing Blue Bonds Eligibility in the U.S. Municipal Bond Market, a new framework for evaluating municipal bonds that finance water-, coastal-, and ocean-related projects.
Gilmore & Bell, P.C., a leading public finance law firm, is pleased to announce that Shelby Exposito has been named director in the Kansas City office. Ms. Exposito serves as bond counsel to state and local government agencies, cities, counties and school districts.
MacKay Municipal Managers?, the municipal bond team of specialty fixed income manager MacKay Shields, has published its top five insights for the municipal bond market in 2026, outlining shifting performance drivers in a differentiated and technical market.
KBRA assigns a long-term rating of AAA to the State of Ohio General Obligation Highway Capital Improvements Bonds, Series Z, and General Obligation Highway Capital Improvements Refunding Bonds, Series AA.
As U.S. cities face increased exposure to climate-driven physical risks, Kestrel, the leader in Sustainability Intelligence?, today released its Resilience Taxonomy for U.S. Infrastructure. This framework provides the first standardized "best practices" for benchmarking resilience in the $4.3 trillion municipal bond market.
BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (DMB) today announced a distribution of $0.0420 per share of common stock, payable on February 2, 2026 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 20, 2026. The Fund intends to make regular monthly distributions to its common shareholders at a level rate based on its projected performance.
NYLI MacKay DefinedTerm Muni Opportunities Fund (MMD) today announced monthly dividend distributions of $0.065 per common share for the months of January, February, and March 2026. Portfolio and municipal market commentary will be published on or around January 2, 2026 and can be retrieved here.
BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. announced today that BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (DSM) and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. (LEO) have declared a monthly distribution for each Fund's common shares as summarized below. Important Information BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc., the investment adviser for each Fund, is part of BNY Investments.
KBRA upgrades the long-term rating on Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority's Senior Lien Airport Improvement Revenue Bonds to AA and the long-term rating on Subordinate Lien Airport Revenue Bonds to AA-. Concurrently, KBRA assigns a long-term rating of AA to MNAA's Series 2026A, 2026B, 2026C, and 2026D.
KBRA assigns a long-term rating of AAA to the Dallas Independent School District, TX: Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, Series 2026A; and Variable Rate Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, Series 2026B.
Fund is designed to provide exposure to longer duration investment grade municipal bonds with a strategic allocation to high-yield munis New York Life Investments today announced the launch of the NYLI MacKay Muni Allocation ETF (MMMA), an actively-managed municipal bond ETF designed to deliver attractive, tax-exempt income through a combination of predominately long-duration investment grade municipa...
KBRA assigns a short-term rating of K1+ to Cobb County School District, Georgia's Short-Term Construction Notes, Series 2026, due December 15, 2026. Additionally, KBRA affirms the short-term rating of K1+ on the District's Short-Term Construction Notes, Series 2025 due December 15, 2025, and the long-term rating of AAA with a Stable Outlook for the District's Implied General Obligation Credit.
AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of ?a-? of Kansas City Life Insurance Company [OTCQX: KCLI]. At the same time, AM Best downgraded the FSR to B+ from B++ and the Long-Term ICR to ?bbb-? from ?bbb? of Grange Life Insurance Company.?The outlook of these Credit Ratings is negative.
Step strengthens Louisiana?s role in U.S. energy leadership and advances project finance process for biomass?to?fuel facility DevvStream Corp. (DEVS), a leading carbon management and environmental-asset monetization firm, and Southern Energy Renewables Inc., a U.S.-based producer of low-cost fuels made from biomass, with a flagship Louisiana project that plans to utilize regional wood-waste biom...
BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (DMB) today announced a distribution of $0.0420 per share of common stock, payable on January 2, 2026 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 16, 2025. The Fund intends to make regular monthly distributions to its common shareholders at a level rate based on its projected performance.
KBRA assigns an A+ long-term rating to the City of Chicago, Illinois Chicago O'Hare International Airport General Airport Senior Lien Revenue Refunding Bonds Series 2025C and Series 2025D.
BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. announced today that BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (DSM) and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. (LEO) have declared a monthly distribution for each Fund's common shares as summarized below. Important Information BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc., the investment adviser for each Fund, is part of BNY Investments.
The New Hampshire Business Finance Authority Board of Directors has approved a groundbreaking financing structure that will make New Hampshire the first state in the world to issue a municipal bond backed by Bitcoin. The $100 million inaugural issuance marks a major milestone in the integration of digital assets with traditional capital markets.
Integration of SOLVE Market Data and Predictive Pricing enhances transparency and workflow efficiency for fixed income desks SOLVE, the leading provider of pre-trade data and predictive pricing for fixed income securities markets, today announced a new partnership with Charles River Development, a State Street company, to begin integrating SOLVE?s fixed income and predictive pricing capabilitie...
KBRA assigns a long-term rating of AA+ with a Stable Outlook to the State of Illinois, Build Illinois Bonds, Junior Obligation Series A, B, and C of December 2025. Key Credit Considerations The rating actions reflect the following key credit considerations: Credit Positives. Credit Challenges. Rating Sensitivities For Upgrade. For Downgrade. To access ratings and relevant documents, click here.
KBRA assigns a long-term rating of AAA to the Special Obligation School Financing Bonds, Series 2025, issued by the Virginia Public School Authority on behalf of the County of Hanover, VA. Concurrently, KBRA assigns a AAA rating to outstanding parity obligations.
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