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In fiscal 2021, 27,004 jobs were created in Florida alone through space agency spending, according to the space agency's calculations.

Chicago voters picked Brandon Johnson — a Cook County Board Commissioner, former teacher, and Chicago Teachers' Union organizer — as their next mayor.

The SEC's Office of Municipal Securities has added Soo Im-Tang in Los Angeles, Preston Swapp in Chicago and Matthew Newman in Atlanta.

Tenneesse Gov. Bill Lee's $3.3 billion Transportation Modernization Act cleared its final legislative hurdle last week.

Outside of economic data, "a light forward calendar is driving strong demand in the secondary market and with new issues, with some deals being significantly oversubscribed," SWBC's Roberto Roffo said.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Providence St. Joseph Health a notch to A2, following similar moves by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings.

The acquisition closed Friday and all nine employees, who provide municipal and healthcare advisory services and treasury consulting services, joined PFM.

Economic activity index is up month-to-month but down year-over-year.

Moody's GO and issuer default rating upgrade to A3 from Baa1 follows a similar action taken by Fitch in November.

The struggling Chicago suburb is waiting on audited financial statements that, once in hand, will pave the way for an exchange offer to its GO bondholders.