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Atlanta airport bonds and a Puerto Rico housing issuer were some new offerings of note on Tuesday.

New Jersey's $32.7 billion budget for its shortened nine-month fiscal 2021 includes the state's largest reserve levels in more than a decade as a backstop for revenue hits that may result from a possible second wave of coronavirus.

“What purpose do reserves serve if we don't utilize them in times when you have a problem?” one alderman asked.

Economic indicators released on Tuesday showed good signs in both consumer confidence and home prices.

The package includes $436 billion for state and local governments, $225 billion for education, $32 billion for transit emergency relief, and $13.5 billion for airports.

If changes are made to regulating alternative trading systems, it would be the biggest change to the regulation of fixed income trading platforms since 1998.

East Providence Mayor Bob DaSilva and Planning Director Bill Fazioli tout the Rhode Island city's initiatives, including brownfield site conversions. Paul Burton hosts. (18 minutes)

Kim, currently the MSRB's chief operating officer, will assume the post Thursday.

The quasi-independent authority, founded in 2004, funds capital improvement projects in public schools throughout the commonwealth.

Recent orders from the California Supreme Court in public pension cases indicate litigation on the matter has not ended.

A Senate imposed 3.75% interest rate cap was a major obstacle to completing the deal.

One muni bond sector that had been a go-to for heavier allocations was utilities, according to Kim Olsan.

Christian Dunbar was hit with multiple federal charges tied to alleged immigration fraud and embezzlement schemes before he joined the city government.

Even with revised estimates amid the pandemic, year-over-year revenue collections in Florida were down 4.6% in August compared with 2019.

Thirty-four more S&P 100 companies will publicly disclose the composition of their workforce by race, ethnicity and gender, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer said Monday.

"Large, unacceptable risks" remain in the financial system, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis told the Conference of Institutional Investors.

Securities lawyers and the trade group for municipal advisors agree unregistered muni advisors shouldn't still be ignorant of the law.

Build America Mutual has extended its GreenStar program to include non-insured deals as well as also being placed on the Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Network.

The North Texas Tollway Authority's $758.3 million refunding will provides short-term principal relief after the coronavirus caused lost toll revenue.

Chicago's $1.2 billion airport refunding will smooth out fiscal operations through next year amid a massive decline in airline travel.