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The month's total is above the 10-year average of $40.288 billion. The market needs to see about $45 billion of issuance in November and December to hit an all-time record year.

Nearly six thousand seats are up for grabs in state tilts, along with 14 bond issues.

The board has put out fourteen questions on its fee setting process and will be accepting responses until January 31.

Large measures to authorize or support bonds are on the menu in several of the region's largest cities and suburbs.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday proposed a $17.3 billion fiscal year 2025 budget that calls for a $300 million property tax increase, but does not touch pension funding levels.

Municipals largely stayed in their own lane Wednesday, digesting the large slate of new issues as supply dwindles heading into election week, with Bond Buyer 30-day visible supply falling to $5.56 billion.

The future of infrastructure spending is in doubt post-election.

California's measure to lower the threshold of voter approval for bond measures will impact future transportation funding.

Nearly $1 billion of outstanding BABs may still be called back before yearend.

After a strong jobs report this month drove mortgage rates higher, the Midwest is seeing more bonds financing loans to single-family and multifamily homebuyers.