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His departure comes as lawmakers are working quickly to put together an infrastructure bill, with hopes of including key municipal bond provisions.

Transportation infrastructure, sustainability and affordable housing are in play in three different bond deals.

The total number of jobs in the state last month rose 21,800 from February.

Non-farm employment went up for three consecutive months.

Sub-1% 10-year municipals and low ratios may test investor appetite for the asset class but it is hard to ignore the strong fundamentals and substantial fund flows in the backdrop.

“Everybody’s getting a lot more comfortable with having the virus under control and we are starting to see it in the form of economic activity,” said Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller.

The state’s unemployment rate has remained below the national rate for eight months in a row and has fallen by 0.2% over the year.

Nearly 40% of the fees it pays for bond sales go to women-owned, minority-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned investment banks.

They will benefit projects in transportation infrastructure, housing, educational building improvements and parks.

Two competing congressional bills propose different political paths for Puerto Rico to follow.

A case settled this week was the first brought in decades by FINRA for a rule violation on quotations.

New Jersey lines up $400M sale with outlook boost

Chicago expects to receive $1.9 billion from the American Rescue Plan, which officials hope to use instead of the debt restructuring, a one-time tactic that is frowned upon by many in the industry.

The top 20 performers nearly doubled the gains of their peers over the period.

Statehood for the District of Columbia continues to face a Republican roadblock in the Senate where a 60-vote supermajority is needed for passage.

They say the bankruptcy judge should delay ruling on the relative priority of Puerto Rico's bonds until she deals with the central government plan of adjustment.

The Federal Reserve will likely taper off its bond purchases before considering raising interest rates, Chairman Jerome Powell said.

The agenda includes discussion of possible changes to MSRB Rule G-10, on investor and municipal advisory client education and protection.

Gretchen Sierra Zorita will serve as deputy director for Puerto Rico and the Territories in the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.

Fire scorched two million acres across both states, but muni credits remained relatively unscathed.