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Illinois returns to market with about $1.4 billion of GO bonds on Tuesday, with proceeds funding accelerated pension benefit payments and capital projects.

The deal includes a current refunding of general obligation bonds issued in 2016 and a tender offer for bonds that have not yet reached their call date.

The parent of New York's Metropolitan Opera fell deeper into junk-bond status this week, while the New School university has a lower investment-grade rating.

Currently, it's a Goldilocks market, said Kim Olsan, senior fixed income portfolio manager at NewSquare Capital: "Just right enough for just enough people, and steady [enough] that there doesn't seem to be any [big] price pressure at the moment."

"A slightly less hawkish decision than had been anticipated," said Art Hogan, B. Riley Wealth chief market strategist.

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain suggested the board should include a contingent vehicle instrument in the proposed plan of adjustment.

The drought-stricken Texas city could face a water emergency as soon as May or October under scenarios presented to the city council.

There is a lot of money out there, and investors seem comfortable putting it to work.

Congressional leaders are plotting out plans to land the surface transportation reauthorization before a September deadline.

In this Market Intelligence analysis, Jeff Lipton warns that granting states access to Chapter 9 would be deeply disruptive, likely forcing muni yields higher and liquidity lower, while underscoring why states' legal protections and reserves still support strong willingness to pay.