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Deals from Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Wisconsin, the city of Los Angeles and the San Francisco BART hit the market in early activity on Tuesday. Municipal bond prices weakened in early trading.

Municipal bonds ended steady on Monday, ahead of this week’s $9.36 billion new issue calendar. This week’s slate is composed of $7.82 billion of negotiated deals and $1.54 billion of competitive sales.

The Bay Area Rapid Transit District is set to issue its first green bonds.

Municipal bonds were mixed ahead of this week’s $9.36 billion new issue calendar. This week’s slate is composed of $7.82 billion of negotiated deals and $1.54 billion of competitive sales.

Municipal bond traders will be looking forward to this week’s healthy new issue slate, topped by a variety of deals from around the country.

Vote means Vernon, Calif., general fund transfers from utility will continue, a credit negative.

The sale of Illinois' Chicago headquarters is the latest issue caught in political gridlock.

S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on the District of Columbia's (DC) general obligation (GO) bonds to positive from stable and affirmed its 'AA' rating on the bonds. At the same time, S&P Global Ratings assigned its 'AA' rating and positive outlook to the district's series 2017A GO refunding bonds.

S&P dropped $244 million of bonds issued for an Indiana P3 further into junk territory.

Municipal market volume is set to rise to a nine week high, as issuers tap into growing demand for the securities.

Albany N.Y. was revised to stable from negative by S&P Global Ratings.

Moody’s Investors Service placed an Indiana school district on review for upgrade after the state changed its school credit enhancement program.

Atlanta closed Thursday on its $226.2 million water and wastewater refunding.

Municipal bonds were steady on Friday ahead of next week’s hefty new issue slate. Ipreo estimates volume for next week at $9.36 billion, up from a revised $4.89 billion sold this week, according to updated data from Thomson Reuters.

Assured Guaranty Ltd., the biggest municipal bond insurer, reported gains in first-quarter profit, boosted by the acquisition of MBIA UK Insurance Limited.

The municipal bond market is putting this week into the history books as traders look ahead to next week’s supply.

The primary market wound down as the last large deals of the week priced, led by well-known issuers from California and Massachusetts.

Gov. Jim Justice called West Virginia lawmakers into special session to “fix the budget crisis.”

Hawaii received a Fitch Ratings outlook boost to positive ahead of an $856 million bond sale.