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Georgia used an internet presentation and an investor platform to highlight its credit strengths before its annual general obligation bond sale.

Two years after New Mexico lost its triple-A rating, New Mexico has taken its second downgrade from Moody's Investors Service based on rising pension and Medicaid obligations.

Municipals were mostly stronger at mid-session, as the market waits for the start of the week’s moderately sized new issue calendar.

Denver will combine a current refunding with the first sale of new bonds approved by voters last November.

Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes slipped this month.

State officials intend to come to market with $225 million of Commonwealth Transportation Fund revenue bonds.

Buyers of municipal bonds will see a sale this week that offers some high yields in return for taking on some additional risk not usually associated with typical deals. California’s Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp. is issuing a $1.7 billion tobacco bond deal consisting of serials and turbo terms.

S&P said there was a one-in-three chance that it could raise Allen Park's rating by multiple notches over the next year.

The county's last junk bond rating was erased with a two-notch Moody's upgrade to Baa2.

Municipal bond buyers are looking with anticipation at the week’s calendar and the arrival of a big California tobacco bond deal.