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While the muni market lobbies for its wish list, investors keep in mind that any tax rate changes affect appetite and market technicals.

Existing California law requires hospitals to be fully operational after a large earthquake by 2030. The Senate has passed a bill to extend the deadline.

S&P Global Ratings dropped Houghton University to BB-plus from BBB-minus, citing a track record of deficits plus a large operating shortfall.

Municipal bond mutual funds saw small inflows as investors added $16.4 million to the funds after $154.4 million of inflows the week prior, according to LSEG Lipper.

The Advance Act is expected to shorten the timeline for project approvals

Legislation passed by Utah lawmakers during a special session addresses concerns from the Intermountain Power Agency about a new law to keep a coal-fired power plant operating.

Puerto Rico's financial oversight board is seeking to reopen a confirmation hearing on a debt-restructuring plan for the island's power utility after an appeals court last week ruled that bondholders have a claim to the agency's future net revenue.

The state's new law requires companies like investment banks to provide written verification of their positions, part of a trend among similar bills aimed at preventing Wall Street banks from lying about their positions, said a firearms industry lobbyist.

Undersubscribed funding opportunities are blocked by regulation.

Issuance this year is "well on its way" to $450 billion, mostly from the tax-exempt supply of new money projects, said Matt Fabian, a partner at Municipal Market Analytics.