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Hawaii plans to enter the market with a $1.1 billion general obligation sale in November, a week after voters select a new governor.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is proposing to establish limits on the gifts and non-cash benefits municipal advisors can provide in their professional capacities.

Seattle's City Light Department sold $265 million of revenue bonds in a competitive offering Wednesday for the city's light and power system.

California's drought has added a sense of urgency to a proposal for a $900 million seawater desalination project in Huntington Beach, Calif.

Most of the Californians interviewed in a recent Public Policy Institute of California survey said they would vote for the $7.5 billion state water bond measure.

Standard & Poor’s revised its outlook on Hawaii to stable from positive, affirming its AA rating ahead of plans to price $1.1 billion in debt.

Fitch Ratings has upgraded the ratings on debt issued for the Sky Lakes Medical Center in Oregon to A-minus from BBB-plus.

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the rating on Antioch Unified School District based on its weakened financial position.

A new train station in downtown Dallas may be the northern terminal of a 240-mile privately financed high-speed rail line to Houston.

Corporate tax reform is likely to be a priority for Congress and the Obama administration no matter which party has control of the Senate after the midterm elections, said tax experts and congressional observers who, nevertheless, differ on how this might impact municipal bonds.