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Bond lawyers will recognize the late Jim Lebenthal and Lewis Horne with awards next month, as well as Virginia "Gigi" Benjamin.

The bond proceeds will fund transportation, school, university and other capital projects,

Wilshire Consulting said the aggregate funded ratio for U.S. state pension plans remained unchanged between and first and second quarters of 2018 at 70.8%, up 0.7 percentage points from the previous 12 months.

Portland Public Schools may need another $200 million to complete projects promised in a $790 million bond measure.

Owners of a Los Angeles complex had argued that their duty to provide affordable units ended when bonds were paid off.

James J. O'Neil received a 12-month suspension from the market for his role in the flipping and kickback scheme.

Keely Bosler will take the helm at the department, replacing Michael Cohen.

S&P Global Ratings looked to 2017's California wildfires to understand the credit implications of this year's blazes.

Issuance was down 27% in the region from the first half of 2017, and almost 30% in California, its largest market.

The now-defunct unregistered broker-dealer Core Performance Management, LLC, and four of its former employees settled fraud and MSRB rule violations with the SEC for engaging in municipal bond flipping and kickback scheme.