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Due to the Fed meeting-induced lighter new-issue calendar last week, and a holiday-shortened week this week, Birch Creek strategists said, "buyers had no qualms about putting cash to work."

New or increased fees on electric vehicles are the second-most popular category among transportation state legislation so far this year, per ARTBA.

There is a growing likelihood that the July 17 plan of adjustment hearing will be postponed.

Clare Oaks' history of fiscal struggles resulted in two bankruptcy filings, the most recent leading to a bond exchange in 2020.

The measure would have prevented state and local public entities from requiring a company to implement an ESG policy to get a government contract.

Market participants agree issuance will not hit the highs seen in 2020 and 2021, but they are split on whether issuance will surpass the $384.086 billion of debt issued in 2022.

The nonprofit, which provides low-interest loans to public charter schools, aims to offer another $3 billion in loans by 2030 and price more bonds in August.

The fiscal 2024 budget proposal leans on federal funds, better-than-expected tax collections, and a drawdown on reserves to bankroll a wide array of capital work and a boost to state employee salaries.

Investors will be greeted with a new-issue calendar estimated at $5.031 billion led by several New York issues.

The Illinois case is part of several state-level lawsuits brought by Minnesota-based municipal advisor Johan Rosenberg, accusing banks of conspiring to set the interest rates of state-issued VRDOs artificially high.