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The MSRB is proposing to allow previously qualified muni advisors, who have been out of the profession for two or more years, a one-time exemption from having to requalify by examination.

Total volume for the month was $21.931 billion in 417 issues versus $26.292 billion in 770 issues a year earlier, according to Refinitiv data.

Neither Toni Atkins, the Democratic Senate president pro tem, nor Brian Jones, leader of the Republican minority, want to tap the state's reserve funds.

The state must spend more than previously estimated to keep pace with infrastructure needs, the Tennessee Commission on Intergovernmental Relations reported.

"January issuance is at a multi-year low, with large declines in both taxable and tax-exempt issuance," said Matt Fabian, a partner at Municipal Market Analytics. 

Tim Walz's proposed budget offers a mix of additional spending, tax cuts, new bonds, and an early payoff of bonds issued for the NFL Vikings' stadium.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board says PREPA electric demand will decline 50% by 2051.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, in a reelection fight, highlights first-term progress including lifting the city's bond ratings and bringing new investors to debt sales.

Investors will likely sit on the sidelines until after this week's Federal Reserve Board rate announcement.

Maine voters are likely to face measures for a public power takeover of investor-owned utilities, and a debt measure designed to complicate that plan.