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The "Making the American Dream Affordable Again" roadmap makes no mention of tax-exempt bonds.

The rating agency lifted the state's general obligation and other ratings by a notch, citing well-established and prudent governance practices.

Maryland is currently battling federal job losses and string of financial challenges but is starting the new year with a new triple-A rating on its general obligation bonds complete with a stable outlook.

Overall, the top underwriters saw minor shuffling last year, and no new firms entered the top 10.

"I don't think this topic is necessarily gaining traction as an enforcement matter," said Andrew Kintzinger, counsel at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP.

The second-largest public school system in Texas could ask voters to approve as much as $6.24 billion of bond authorization as soon as in May.

Despite the quiet start to the week for munis, all financial markets may feel a "heightened level of risk for rate volatility over the next few days," said Tim Iltz, a fixed income credit and market analyst at HJ Sims.

The governor's $348.9 billion budget would boost education but targets housing investors.

The compromise bill rejects the Trump administration's effort to rescind $16.5 billion of IRS funding that comes from an $80 billion infusion in the Democrats' 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger begins assembling her finance team by keeping the state's treasurer in place and naming Delegate Mark D. Sickles to serve as Virginia's next Secretary of Finance.