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Tax-exempt bonds issued for a private hospital system in Honolulu fell further into junk territory with S&P Global Ratings downgrading the bonds to CCC from B-minus.

San Francisco's city attorney had sued to force the school district to resume in-person learning.

A provision banning the use of federal stimulus money to subsidize tax cuts has stalled business incentive programs, California business lobbyists say.

American Relief Plan funds may also spare the city's reserves, but officials are waiting on the fine print from Washington to see what they can actually do.

Lawmakers approved a Golden State Stimulus that provides relief to businesses and $600 checks to low-income residents on the strength of an earlier-reported surplus.

The City Council rebooted the bidding process after 101-year incumbent SDG&E was the lone bidder in last year's process.

The three mining tax proposals would require a constitutional amendment because the current tax cap is baked into the constitution.

A repricing of Illinois GOs saw the bonds bumped by 12 to 20 basis points from Tuesday's preliminary pricing wires and 17 to 25 basis points from Monday's price talk.

San Diego’s regional planning agency is trying to figure out what the world will look like after the pandemic recedes.

Inflows return, stimulus set, new deals on fire — the municipal market reaped all the benefits. Initial jobless claims dropped more than expected in the week, as reopening continued slowly, but the total remains higher than any week before the COVID crisis hit.