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      <title><![CDATA[ Munis weaken, USTs mixed ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ USTs ended the week looking strong after a positive CPI report, MMA's Kevin McGuigan said, while munis finally seem to have corrected from their "extremely rich" ratios.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Chicago midyear budget shows gap, aldermen accuse mayor ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ A battle over implementation of Chicago's budget became public Thursday after Mayor Brandon Johnson's team held a midyear hearing.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Federal detention center in Rhode Island files for bankruptcy  ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ The long-running financial problems of the Donald W. Wyatt Correctional Facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island, resulted in a Chapter 11 filing this month.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:35:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Christina Baker</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Louisiana commission approves two revenue bond deals ]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:08:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Robert Slavin</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Scrutinizing state tax structures ]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:19:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Scott Sowers</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Student housing P3 default in California doesn't dampen investor demand ]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Caitlin Devitt</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Munis see losses as asset class 'regroups' ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Munis finally corrected Thursday after UST yields prompted investors to reevaluate the "overstretched" asset class, NewSquare Capital's Kim Olsan said.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:25:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Christina Baker</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Palm Bay Academy becomes latest Florida charter school default ]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:36:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Robert Slavin</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Budget vote, officer and board member elections at MSRB quarterly meeting ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ The meeting, set for July 22 and July 23, will be the board's final quarterly meeting of fiscal year 2026.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ New Jersey top court revives VRDO rate-rigging lawsuit ]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:52:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Caitlin Devitt</dc:creator>
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