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The soccer league's drive for expansion pushed cities and owners to develop new stadiums to sweeten their bids.

The continued low interest rate environment is compelling more cities to explore issuing the bonds.

Most of this week’s municipal bond deals were well received, according to Peter Delahunt of Raymond James.

A novel approach is necessary, former Housing and Urban Development secretary Heny Cisneros said at the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank's summit in Providence.

These were just a few of the topics discussed as common threads throughout the conference panels.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s first-year administration is not yet ready to tinker with the state’s underwriting pool for negotiated municipal bond sales.

A comprise $13B NH budget crafted this week that includes no tax increases.

Low taxable rates will allow the state to reap 10% present value savings while advance refunding $285 million of tax-exempt GO debt.

Only Florida and Louisiana remain among the sales tax states that have not enacted laws to require remote collection to reap the benefit of the June 2018 Supreme Court ruling in Wayfair v. South Dakota.

At the SEC's invitation, Bond Dealers of America submitted a proposed framework for an exemptive order aimed at muni advisors on private placement deals.

The start of an impeachment inquiry brings uncertainty, as business investment continues to be soft.

The capital plan's unknowns include its effect on the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's debt levels and rating agency perceptions.

Volume should attain the lower bound of the estimates at $330 billion according to Eric Kazatsky, veteran municipal analyst and strategist. Positioning on the curve and selecting sectors with care will contribute to sound performance. John Hallacy hosts.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, called the budgets approved by GOP lawmakers on Tuesday "a mess."

The shuttered College of New Rochelle filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week while it markets the Westchester County campus in an effort to pay off creditors.

Munis strengthened Wednesday, the day after about 80% of the week's new issue calendar came and went.

With a meeting on the restructuring set, bondholders were girding for battle over the board's plan to nullify portions of the debt.

Reports from S&P Global Ratings and Moody's Investors Service highlight fiscal strains Chicago, Illinois and some local governments face.

More than 1,000 Rhode Island jobs are riding on a proposed 20-year, $1 billion gambling contract extension, the governor said.

Interest rates should be less than 1.5%, not the current 1.75% to 2%, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari.