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The dialogue over tax reform provides an opening for state and local governments to educate members of Congress and their staff about municipal bonds, how they work and what they do.
March 3
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The National Association of Bond Lawyers is asking the Internal Revenue Service to modify or withdraw a memorandum about defeasances of Build America Bonds.
March 2 - Alaska
Alaska plans to issue $163 million of bond anticipation notes and $95 million of general obligation bonds later this month.
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Standard & Poor's raised several Stockton, Calif. water system bond ratings
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The Internal Revenue Service is asserting that $25.42 million of bonds, which were issued by the California Statewide Communities Development Authority in 2005 and benefit the Sweetwater Union High School District, are taxable private-activity bonds.
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Moody's Investors Service ratings will be available on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's EMMA website later this year, ending the rating agency's long holdout from the site.
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Circumstances have changed and a different approach to Puerto Rico debt is warranted.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's proposal to create baseline standards of professional qualification for municipal advisors.
March 2
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Standard & Poor's raised its long-term rating to AA-minus from A-plus on Kelso, Wash.'s 2008 general obligation bonds.
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The substitution of new letters of credit caused Standard & Poor's to boost the long-term ratings on some Clark County, Nevada airport system subordinate-lien revenue bonds issued for Las Vegas McCarran International Airport.
February 27
