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For the ninth week in a row, cash rushed into municipal bond funds. Analysts explain why.

Scott Mitnick, who was county administrator of Sutter County, California, will be a director at financial advisory firm KNN Public Finance.

Bond lawyers asked for a safe harbor for issuers to provide unaudited information without needing to be fearful of anti-fraud laws.

Shawn Wooden expects his proposal to fix to state teachers’ pension system to kick-start an agenda that includes infrastructure, improved returns and financial literacy.

The man behind the allegations of widespread VRDO fraud is Bjorn Johan Rosenberg.

U.S. new-home construction rebounded by more than expected in January amid strength in single-family starts and a nine-month high for permits, signaling the market is stabilizing thanks to lower mortgage rates.

U.S. hiring was the weakest in more than a year while wage gains were the fastest of the expansion and the unemployment rate fell.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, was unchanged from 4.04% the week before.

The Florida Development Finance Corp. said another meeting will be scheduled to finish taking public comment on financing for the passenger train project.

There are some caveats attached to this traditional axiom on time of the season.