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They cited recent waves of COVID-19 in rural and farmland areas and the success of mass transit overseas at containing the spread.

The Federal Reserve reduced the interest rate spread on MLF tax-exempt notes by 50 basis points for each credit rating category.

The governor wants to refinance all of the territory's $1.1 billion matching fund bonds by the end of September.

Federal assistance in the next relief package is crucial for the largest statewide public transportation system’s financial health in 2021, the senator said.

Municipal bonds were steady to weaker as billions of dollars in new deals hit the screens Tuesday.

California's second-largest district says it will apply stricter standards than the state's when in-person learning does resume.

The $141 million deal from Equitable School Revolving Fund and being run by RBC Capital Markets consists of national charter school revolving loan fund revenue bonds.

Producer prices final demand exceeded expectations by two-times over, while small business optimism shrunk.

Water utilities feel they have been left out of federal relief funding, making future financing in a WRDA bill important.

Under a court-approved consent decree, the impoverished south Chicago suburb will keep 90% of pledged tax revenues as it works on a debt restructuring.

The total number of COVID-19 disclosures reported to EMMA for the week ending Aug. 9 was about 700, down from nearly 1,000 the previous week.

Nick Sifuentes, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, discusses the unparalleled crisis mass transit systems face nationwide due to the coronavirus. Paul Burton and Andrew Coen host. (19 min)

With June hotel bed tax collections off dramatically, the county's comptroller said "the pandemic continues to heavily weigh on the tourism industry."

As of Monday it wasn't clear how the election, which was supposed to be completed Sunday, would be extended.

Now investors have hit the reset button on municipal credit expectations and the corresponding return in demand has been quite strong.

Sharp revenue losses caused by the pandemic triggered a negative credit outlook for Long Island’s Nassau County as it prepares to roll out a new fiscal plan to combat a budget hole.

President Trump backtracked Sunday on his executive order that requires cash-strapped states to contribute $100 of a reduced $400 a week supplemental federal unemployment benefit.

Members of the economic research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco take a look at the relationship between the effective lower bound interest rates and inflation.

The competitive sale is scheduled for Aug. 19 with Stifel Nicolaus as financial advisor.

A deteriorating market could change the calculus, but with rates at record lows, the MLF might not be needed for most issuers.