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Wilshire Consulting said the aggregate funded ratio for U.S. state pension plans remained unchanged between and first and second quarters of 2018 at 70.8%, up 0.7 percentage points from the previous 12 months.

More than a decade after voters created the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas with $3 billion of bond funding, the state is nearing that goal with a $322 million deal this week.

A week after pricing the largest airport bond issue in its history, Denver will close on the deal with a goal of remodeling the still youthful aviation hub.

Municipal bond buyers will get another chance to get some Massachusetts and Texas paper as both issuers head into the market.

Massachusetts and Texas will be in the market next week as the unofficial summer season winds down during the last week before Labor Day.

Deals from New York and Massachusetts led the new issue slate on Thursday as the last of the week’s supply came to market.

Municipal bond market participants are seeing the last of this week’s new issues come to market on Thursday, led by issuers from New York and Massachusetts.

Both the big Illinois bond deal and the giant Texas note sale were warmly received by investors Wednesday.

Voters in Harris County will decide whether to authorize up to $2.5 billion of bonds to minimize damage from future storms.

While an intent to issue refinanced improvement revenue bonds for Bluestem Communities in Hesston and North Newton had already been approved by the Harvey County Commission, that item was brought back at Monday’s commission meeting to finalize the process.