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President Obama described a pro-growth tax reform and jobs package during a speech in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Tuesday, but many of the municipal bond-related measures proposed were ones he unveiled earlier.

California is planning to sell $5.5 billion of revenue anticipation notes in its annual cash flow borrowing deal in August.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board on Tuesday named new officers and board members who will assume their posts Oct. 1.

Moody's Investors Service affirmed the Baa3 credit rating of a Lancaster-Calif.-based Antelope Valley Healthcare District that had been placed on review for downgrade.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Alaska's Airport System revenue bonds due to a slowdown in global air cargo.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Tuesday announced its officers and Board of Directors members who will begin their terms on October 1, 2013. Daniel Heimowitz, Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets, will serve as Chair of the MSRB. Joseph J. Geraci, Managing Director and Co-Head of Municipal Markets at Citi, will serve as Vice Chair.

For the first time, the SEC has charged an issuer, an underwriter, and one of its officials with falsely claiming in bond documents that the issuer was meeting its secondary market disclosure obligations when it wasn't.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, under fire for a plan to keep committee members' proposals for overhauling the Internal Revenue Code secret, may release portions of the legislation after the August recess.

Standard & Poor's has upgraded its rating on Santa Rosa, Calif.'s wastewater revenue bonds, citing its customer base and liquidity.

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner said during a press conference he will take two weeks off to undergo behavioral counseling, according to a live report from San Diego's ABC Channel 10 news.