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Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, “expanded at a faster pace in October,” according to the monthly Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

Municipals were little changed in early activity as the market gets ready to see almost $7 billion of new paper come its way this week, led by issuers from Virginia and Maryland.

Chicago Public Schools got a boost to BB-minus as the district readies a new money and refunding deal.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has "significant concerns with how PREPA procured this contract and has not confirmed whether the contract prices are reasonable.”

The Teachers' Retirement System saw double-digit investment returns but its unfunded tab grew.

Growth in airports, ports and toll road sectors was strong in the first half of this year.

San Diego, having established the gold standard for disclosure on its website, finds the market now uses EMMA as the primary source of information.

Municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session, according to traders, who are looking ahead to the next week's $6.7 billion new issue slate, which will be headlined by big offerings from Virginia and Maryland Issuers.

A constitutional convention could set the stage for debates about state borrowing limits and local revenue-raising powers.

Joe Torsella cited the legislature's approval of a revenue package to balance the fiscal 2018 budget.

President Donald Trump is leaning toward appointing Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Fed, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The markets have a good idea where rates will be at yearend, but who will head the Federal Reserve remains an open question, raising many concerns about the central bank’s future direction.

State-related and other schools are taking a good, hard look at their business models.

Municipals bonds are little changed in early activity as the market eyes next week’s new issue calendar, which is topped by big offerings from Virginia and Maryland Issuers.

Fitch returned the South Carolina-owned utility's outlook to stable due to cancellation of the nuclear reactor project.

Legislative leaders say the move will plug a $2.2 billion budget shortage and end a nearly five-month budget impasse.

Market participants think the SEC will narrow its proposal to add event notices under Rule 15c2-12.

The Illinois Senate will attempt to override a veto of the Debt Transparency Act next month.

The city has amassed more than $95 billion in other post-employment obligations without any credible plan to pay it off, the report says.

Chicago Public Schools says its books are balanced while also saying it needs more than $1 billion of short-term borrowing.