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Jay Leno, longtime comedian, TV host and car enthusiast, promoted an upcoming municipal bond deal in a video for Hollywood Burbank Airport.

"Retiring these terms eliminates unnecessary ambiguities associated with their use in MSRB rules," MSRB Board Vice Chair Wendell Gaertner said.

Researchers examined more than 580,000 municipal bond issues and say the data shows communities with higher wildfire risk pay higher interest rates.

It was another "topsy-turvy day" for munis, said Kim Olsan, senior fixed income portfolio manager at NewSquare Capital. Munis have been weaker on the front end for a few days, leading to a slight inversion of the curve, starting around the 2028 maturities, Olsan said.

Market Intelligence analyst Jeff Lipton revisits the taxable muni market's expansion from the 1986 tax reforms through the BAB era, showing how call features, policy changes and rate cycles influence issuance, and why taxable munis remain a flexible tool for issuers and investors.

The state Supreme Court's ruling comes in a case that targeted the 2022 issuance of nearly $687 million of ratepayer-backed bonds for a utility company.

The Arlington City Council approved a master agreement to fund ongoing maintenance, operation, and improvements at the city-owned NFL stadium.

From Jan. 1, 2020 through mid April of this year, borrowers using conduit issuers accounted 87% of payment defaults by number in the muni market, Municipal Market Analytics' Matt Fabian said.

Moody's Ratings announced a stable rating outlook for Washington, D.C., good news for a city reeling from federal job cuts and gearing up for a mayoral race.

High-yield bond trading is "very bursty," with a lot of information at once and then nothing, said Matt Smith, founder and CEO of Spline Data.