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Municipal bond traders will be seeing more deals come their way on Wednesday with competitive sales from a Virginia issuer and a negotiated deal from Georgia.

Three potential candidates to replace Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen next year said proposals by Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump’s administration to cut taxes and roll back regulations would lead to faster economic growth.

The Illinois governor says he will use his amendatory veto powers to shift some Chicago school aid to other districts.

Major bondholders and three bond insurers filed papers Tuesday seeking a receiver for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.

Top-rated municipal bonds finished stronger on Tuesday as the competitive arena heated up with the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York’s offering of four bond sales totaling almost $1.5 billion.

The Title III bankruptcy judge approved a deal to pay Puerto Rico Employees Retirement System bondholders interest through October.

Lawmakers will get a chance to override the governor's vetoes.

The Chicago-based investment banking firm said Tuesday it will drop its municipal sales, trading, and underwriting business.

Top-rated municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, as the competitive arena heated up with the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York’s offering four bond sales totaling almost $1.5 billion while the state of New Mexico brought two sales totaling over $380 million.

S&P dropped Alaska to AA amid dwindling budget reserves.

Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes slipped as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index fell to 64 in July from a downwardly revised 66 in June.

Municipal bond traders are set to see the first of the week’s new issue hit the screens on Tuesday, led by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York’s four competitive bond sales.

The New York region's service sector activity" showed little change," according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's July Business Leaders Survey, released Tuesday.

State government April income tax revenue fell 4%, in what may be an early sign of the "Trump Effect" on taxpayer behavior.

Fitch took Illinois off negative watch, while keeping a negative outlook on its BBB rating.

Municipal bonds finished mixed on Monday, traders said, as they prepared for the week’s $7.66 billion new issue calendar.

The 11.2% return for fiscal 2017 represents a big rebound from the previous year.

The end of the two-year budget drought in Illinois is a mixed bag for “downstream” credits.

UBS' fine follows prior SEC action against the firm for minimum denomination violations.

Assumptions and contributions torpedoed Pennsylvania's pension funds, a University of Chicago report says.