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It's twice as nice for our listeners as The Bond Buyer packages two market podcasts into one. Reporter Christine Albano interviews Michael Pietronico, CEO of Miller Tabak Asset Management, on what's happening in munis while Chip Barnett speaks with contributing editor John Hallacy about current market trends.

The $850 million sale of special tax obligation bonds drew a record $478 million of retail orders, said state Treasurer Denise Nappier.

Municipals remained stronger as Montgomery County, Maryland, came to market with a triple-A-rated sale.

The Los Angeles airport enterprise received a Moody's ratings boost ahead of plans to price $650 million in subordinate revenue bonds.

Montgomery County, Md., came to market on Wednesday with a triple-A-rated general obligation bond offering.

Municipal bond pros say the industry has adapted to an insurance industry one-tenth its former size. Part 3 of The Bond Buyer's series on the decade after the financial crisis.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Vermont to Aa1, and downgraded other credits that are notched off the state's bond rating.

Financial institutions and other businesses with ties to the kingdom would face a ban on doing business with Chicago under a proposed ordinance.

Volatility in the equity market spurred a flight to quality.

The debt issuance by Worcester, Massachusetts, to build a minor-league baseball stadium will probably not affect the city’s credit quality, according to Moody's.

While S&P, Moody's and Fitch still provide ratings on about 92% of municipal bonds, market participants say they don’t rely on the rating agencies as they once did. Part 2 of The Bond Buyer’s series on the decade after the financial crisis.

Municipals were stronger at mid-session as new supply started to trickle into the market.

Funding a major capital program increasingly with debt is a big challenge, said finance director Robert Foran.

Attracting companies like Amazon requires more than tax incentives, favorable regulations and other lures to which we can attach a dollar sign.

Moody's Investors Service lowered its outlook for the county's Aa1 rating.

Although there is no direct role for tax-exempt bonds in Opportunity Zones, municipalities are looking at them as a way to attract capital investment to economically distressed areas.

Puerto Rico bonds gained in a mixed muni market as a revised fiscal plan projected a bigger surplus.

Municipal bonds were stronger on Monday ahead of this week’s rather paltry new issue supply calendar.

Weekly bond volume is forecast to fall to $5.9 billion from $10.3 billion in the prior week.

The new GASB standards apply to Other Post-Employment Benefits, or OPEB, which mostly pertain to retiree health benefits, but also can include dental, vision, disability and death benefits.