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Democrat Gretchen Whitmer and Republican Bill Schuette are running for the open seat of Michigan governor.

School districts are asking voters for more than a billion dollars while the major candidates pledge more K-12 funding.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer said the Metropolitan Transportation Authority should cut commuter-rail fares within the boroughs to the cost of a subway MetroCard.

Deals from issuers in New York, Illinois, Tennessee and Minnesota hit the market on Tuesday.

The state pulled in $28.7 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, according to the State Controller's Office.

New York service sector activity “grew modestly” in October.

Municipal bonds turned mixed on Monday as two New York issuers offered deals to retail buyers.

A flattening yield curve increases the risk of a recession, and research by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco suggests a one-in-three chance the yield curve inverts by yearend.

The committee tasked with providing insight on the muni and corporate bond markets is meeting again in two weeks.

Deals from two New York issuers were offered to retail buyers on Monday as a supply-heavy week began.

Janet Yellen cautioned that Donald Trump’s criticism of Federal Reserve policy threatens the institution she ran for four years, adding that it’s “not a desirable thing for a president to comment so explicitly on Fed policy.”

Selling prices remained elevated, while business activity expanded at a faster pace in October.

The municipal bond market is set for almost $11 billion of new supply.

Moody's Investors Service said Jacksonville's litigation to repudiate a power contract raises questions about its willingness to make good on obligations.

Economic growth and increased local taxes drove Philadelphia to its highest surplus since the Great Recession in the last fiscal year, according to the city’s fiscal watchdog.

Municipal bond supply jumps to almost $11 billion next week as investors get set to see a wide variety of deals heading their way.

Recently announced streamlining and rumored budget cuts and layoffs at SIFMA are causing market participants to worry about its commitment to municipal securities.

John Taylor, once considered a finalist to run the Federal Reserve, played down concerns that President Donald Trump’s criticism of the U.S. central bank would undermine the institution’s independence.

This month’s bond-market slump hasn’t jolted the majority of Wall Street strategists from one core view: that the Treasuries yield curve will keep flattening well into next year.

Pension obligation bonds won't be in the mayor's budget plan, and rising rates are making it harder for a deal to pencil out.