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The state's largest authority pulled off a $1.23 billion issuance that included its inaugural green bonds, and it did so during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

The SEC said the court should oppose SIFMA's motion to include news articles in the proceedings, saying the group relied on only one rationale.

The Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week will not offer the chance of rate changes, but will bring a new dot plot, and economists are most interested in the GDP projections.

The Empire State's general obligation bonds revised to negative from stable by rating agency due to heightened budget risks.

Munis firmed Friday, only the second time in December they weren't flat, and more than a few participants are waiting on yields to rise before getting involved, particularly given the rich muni/treasury ratios and low absolute yields.

The number of issuers using a temporary exemption jumped to 101 in October from 35 the previous month.

City Council-approved residential construction tax and changes to a property tax abatement program paves the way for a borrowing plan that would aid the city’s poorest communities.

The GFOA Debt Committee is working on issuing a similar Libor advisory in advisory in January or February.

California overcame a legal challenge to use bond authority to provide housing for homeless people suffering from mental illness.

Pinned into a corner from the economic effects of COVID-19, the mass transit agency tapped its remaining amount available through the Municipal Liquidity Facility, which expires at year's end.

Wisconsin will use new pools for negotiated transactions starting next year

As co-director of the Enforcement Division, Stephanie Avakian oversaw charges the SEC made against municipal bond “flipping” schemes.

Hawaii's governor announced that state employees would be furloughed two days a month; the state sold $750 million of GO bonds in October to fund operations.

Bid list volume is trending higher into the end of the year, but its share as measured against overall high demand does not pose much of a threat, analysts say. Refinitiv Lipper reports $992 million of inflows.

The largest tranche of the deal, $706 million with a 5% coupon in 2047, yielded 4.15%, a 275 basis point spread over triple-A paper.

The Department of Justice filed a federal complaint alleging conditions at Alabama prisons violate the constitution, as the state continues to negotiate public-private partnerships to build three lockups.

The twin ports of Southern California, in Long Beach and Los Angeles, both reported record numbers this fall.

Bridge funding from a lame-duck Congress could help plug operating deficits and stave off doomsday measures, agency leaders insist.

Conduit issuer Trust for Cultural Resources for the City of New York will issue the $77 million green transaction.

The state attorney general is asking the court to clarify the legal standard for denying taxpayer actions and decide if the state constitution limits GO borrowing to capital purposes.