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Municipal market insiders say muni-related items working though the Securities and Exchange Commission will likely remain on track if Mary Jo White, a securities litigator and former U.S. prosecutor, becomes the SEC's new chairman.
February 6 - Washington
Moody's Investors Service has put 11 triple-A rated municipal credits, including one state, one major city and two state housing authority programs, on negative watch following a new analysis of issuers with indirect links to the federal government.
February 6 - California
San Francisco's general obligation rating has been raised one notch to Aa1 by Moody's Investors Service amid an improving economy.
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Several individuals have emerged as candidates to replace Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood when he steps down, but that person will need to be very proactive to affect meaningful policy, lobbyists say.
February 5 - Alaska
The Internal Revenue Service is auditing some 2002 auction rate securities issued by an Alaska authority and has closed an audit of some 2006 Louisiana transportation bonds with no change to their tax-exempt status.
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President Obama urged Congress on Tuesday to pass a short-term spending cut and tax reform package as a way to stave off the looming March 1 sequestration cuts that he said would be economically damaging to the U.S. economy.
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The Treasury Department has reopened the sales of State and Local Government Securities as of Tuesday at noon.
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State tax revenues rose 2.7% in the third quarter of 2012 for the eleventh consecutive quarter of growth, the Rockefeller Institute of Government reported Tuesday.
February 5 - California
California's finances are in the strongest position of any time in the last five years, Moody's Investors Service said in a report Monday. But risks remain.
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