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The New York economy continues to expand at a slower pace, while prices continued creeping higher.

Alum Rock Union Elementary still faces challenges from probes into alleged fiscal mismanagement.

Michigan State University is seeing the first credit fallout from the sexual abuse scandal involving former university and Olympic gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

The second-quarter kicked off Monday with a little more optimism among municipal market participants after "one of the worst quarters in a long, long time."

The new tax law that terminated advance refundings of bonds after Dec. 31, 2017, does not specify that only "tax exempt" refundings are prohibited.

The St. Louis-based firm enters its second century of business this year.

The municipal bond market is set to see a chunky new issue calendar this week: $7.85 billion.

The competitive issuance will include roughly $35 million of taxable bonds.

The Tobacco Settlement Corp. is coming to market with over $3 billion of municipal bonds in a refunding deal that takes out all of the securities issued back in 2007.

Construction spending saw a 0.1% increase in February, below expectations for a 0.5% gain, due to public construction falling 2.1%.