Muni Bonds News and Perspectives

In a decision that may have far reaching implications for the municipal bond market, the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that it is unconstitutional for the...

Iowa has joined the growing list of tobacco settlement bond issuers who have refinanced all or a portion of debt secured by payments from the Master...

The president's tax-reform panel has good news for bond investors: it wants the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) eliminated. The bad news is that it probably...

Louisiana State Treasurer John Kennedy said the state will refinance $1.1 billion of tobacco settlement bonds to generate funds to aid small business damaged...

The Illinois Supreme Court revealed this week that it will finally issue its opinion on the Price Lights case, according to its docket of cases for the...

California is taking a page from New Jersey's playbook and plans to refinance $3.3 billion of state-backed tobacco bonds (double-barreled), another indication...

Florida investors holding out-of-state bonds will receive a New Year's gift from the Florida Legislature next year. Beginning in 2006, Florida's Intangible...

We couldn't help but recoil while reading James B. Stewart's "Common Sense" column in the June 15th edition of The Wall Street Journal. Don't get us wrong, we...

The litigation environment surrounding tobacco has improved, and the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between tobacco manufacturers and states is firmly in...

"I currently have a sizable bond portfolio that has a good profit. My current broker has advised me to let a bond specialist manage the fund and take some of...