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The Los Angeles Unified School District's $2.97 billion General Obligation Refunding Bonds represented the largest GO bond financing of the year.

Jefferson County, Alabama's $2.24 billion Sewer Revenue Warrants refinancing marked a monumental achievement in the county's financial turnaround following its 2011 bankruptcy.

The Illinois Finance Authority and the University of Chicago's $1.92 billion Revenue Bond transaction was a record-setting deal and the largest ever issued by the Authority.

The Cities of Dallas and Fort Worth's $1.32 billion financing for Dallas Fort Worth International Airport made DFW the first U.S. airport to introduce an Extendable Commercial Paper program.

The New York Transportation Development Corporation's $4.55 billion green bond issuance for the JFK International Airport Terminal One redevelopment represents the largest single-asset project financing in U.S. history.

The Westchester Medical Center Health Network's $286.9 million Series 2023 bond issuance supported the construction of a state-of-the-art patient tower.

The California Community Choice Financing Authority's $1.52 billion Clean Energy Project Revenue Bonds on behalf of Clean Power Alliance of Southern California is a record-setting prepayment financing which secured 30 years of renewable energy for over 225,000 homes, helping to avoid more than 775 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions.

AlexRenew, the City of Alexandria, Virginia's Sanitation Authority, offered Virginia's first green bond issuance with its $45.7 million Wastewater Revenue Bonds.

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority's $1.33 billion financing for the I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge project tackles a critical infrastructure need on a major interstate.

It is one of several P3-related recommendations the board made to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

The city council president hopes the panel will override the mayor's veto of the budget this week.

Federal Reserve Gov. Stephen Miran said higher goods prices could be the trade-off for bolstering national security and addressing geo-economic risks.

The creation of state-owned banks would be uniquely impactful to help states and municipalities meet today's unprecedented short- and long-term challenges.

"The steps that would be necessary to restore a sound fiscal profile are becoming increasingly drastic," the rating agency said in downgrading Jersey City.

The New York City Transitional Finance Authority leads the new-issue calendar with $2 billion of future tax-secured subordinate refunding bonds.

The Trump administration officially rolled out an Executive Order laying out federal policy on Artificial Intelligence which cements fears from states worried about the loss of broadband funding tied to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González Colón filed suit to end the island's contract with LUMA Energy for electrical transmission and distribution.

A review Moody's launched in September ended with rating downgrades and negative outlooks for the city's outstanding general obligation and revenue bonds.

The well-regarded pediatric hospital system is not alone in facing downgrades amid the myriad challenges healthcare has experienced in recent years.

Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Schmid and Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said in statements Friday that their dissents from this week's interest rate decision were spurred by inflation concerns and a lack of sufficient economic data.