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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.

A year after its S&P outlook turned negative, Oklahoma is back to a stable position on strong financial management during COVID.

Forward delivery sales, a replacement for tax-exempt advance refundings, could grow in 2021.

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.

The economy grew faster from late February through early April while consumer spending increased, with a possible rise in inflation in the near term, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book released on Wednesday.

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The P3 taxable deal aims to replace the state’s old, dilapidated and outdated jails with more modern alternatives in a bid to ease prison overcrowding and provide new services to inmates.

Investors who make the leap toward greater use of alternative data will find that the quality and accuracy of their credit assessments will benefit from the use of alternative data when used in place of subjective or qualitative guesswork.

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

Ohio's Summa Health is selling $310 million of taxable corporate CUSIP debt Wednesday.

He starts next month a the new president and CEO of the Utah Housing Corp.

One-year municipal debt has fallen to record lows with benchmark yield curves at 0.05% and the 10-year muni has fallen below 1% while 30-year muni benchmark yields at or less than 10-year UST.

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

Recent budgetary and pension reports underscore how llinois must proceed with caution in spending $7.5 billion of federal aid.

Instead of trying to spend more within traditional programs, the federal government should design more modern policy, Brookings experts said.

S&P Global downgrades Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association to BBB-plus amid plans to reduce coal consumption and lower costs for members.