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Biden’s Electoral College count rose to 264, one state away from achieving the 270, according to the Associated Press, which called the former vice president the winner Wednesday in closely fought races in Wisconsin and Michigan.

Top-rated muni yields fell by as much as 10 basis points on the AAA curves on Wednesday the largest move better for the market since late April, early May. ICI reported $1.2B of muni bond fund inflows.

A victory by Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine has dimmed, but did not extinguish, the possibility for Democratic control of the U.S. Senate.

The legalization is projected to generate about $120 million for the fiscally stressed state once the market gets established, which won’t be for another two to three years.

After two failed efforts to bring light rail to one of Texas’ most congested cities, voters approved the Project Connect measure.

In unofficial election results, four Virginia cities appear to have won approval to open the state's first casinos; a dozen bond referendums won tentative approval.

The state's voters weighed in on a shrunken slate of school bond measures, a split-roll property tax, and a bond measure to fund stem cell research.

Both the ADP employment report and the ISM services PMI came in below estimates, suggesting weakness in the recovery.

The defeat of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's "Fair Tax" strikes down a pillar of his plan for the state's wobbly finances and increases risk to the state's bond ratings.

A nonbinding referendum on U.S. statehood was leading with more than 52% support, with more than 95% of votes counted, the Associated Press reported.