Commonwealth of Massachusetts

California retained its top spot in total volume, but New York State dominated with deal size, with two deals in the top five and five in the top 10.

BofA Securities priced the county’s $700 million of tax and revenue anticipation notes.

The $178 million bond sale comes as a legislative concurrence panel plans to negotiate the commonwealth’s proposed $42.7 billion fiscal 2020 budget.

Municipal bond market participants are keeping one eye on the sale calendar and the other on the equities market.

Municipal bond buyers saw more deals come to market on Wednesday as muni yields held in at lower levels.

Municipal bond buyers saw several large competitive deals come to market on Tuesday.

The 30-day net supply is now at negative $17.2 billion, a muni strategist said on Monday.

Sometimes you can get what you want as well as what you need as muni buyers get set to see $6.5 billion of new issues.

Municipal bond sales sank 28.2% from April 2018 as issuers awaited clarity on federal infrastructure plans.

California finds itself in a familiar spot, with the most muni issuance through the first three months of the year. The rest of the rankings show a mix of usual suspects and new faces.

After two months of gains from 2018 levels, municipal issuance sank 7% from March last year as the loss of advance refundings continues to take a toll.

Municipal bond issuance jumped 29.2% in February, and may climb further as the initial effects of the 2017 tax act fade.

A strong economy and the establishment of an outyear payment schedule have effectively masked a serious problem in the commonwealth, according to Pioneer Institute.

Municipal bond issuance was not much changed from the start of 2018, marking the second year in a row volume got off to a slow start.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's $42.7 billion FY20 budget proposal includes a call to raise the real estate transfer tax to fund climate-related infrastructure.

Andrew Maylor will succeed Thomas Shack III as Massachusetts comptroller effective Feb. 18, Gov. Charlie Baker said.

The estimated $1.1 billion project stands to be the biggest highway undertaking in Boston since the controversial Big Dig.

Strategists sang the praises of munis Tuesday as New York and Massachusetts led a pack of new issues into the market.

New York and Massachusetts issuers lead the day's big deals as new supply surged into the market.

Municipal bonds started off the week stronger ahead of $7.8 billion of new supply.