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Morgan Stanley Wealth Management's Matthew Gastall, executive director, and Monica Guerra, vice president, share their views on strong muni demand. They discuss taxable equivalent yields and some pickup in credit impairments. John Hallacy hosts.

The rating agency moved its outlook for Illinois to stable from negative, citing budget progress and an April tax windfall.

Authority warns of rolling blackouts in 2020.

Post trial briefs are the next step after the two-day trial wrapped up in Preston Hollow Capital's lawsuit accusing Nuveen of a banker boycott.

The Ohio law replaces a ratepayer surcharge for renewable power with one that subsidizes two of the firm's nuclear generation facilities.

The municipal market got what it expected, when the FOMC announced its decision to lower rates.

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell defended the 25 basis point rate cut in the face of a resilient economy and refused to speculate about future moves.

Coming off the biggest month of the year, volume dipped in July to the second slowest pace of 2019.

The complaint filed by Philadelphia and Baltimore fails to rise to the level of specificity needed to prove conspiracy, Wall Street banks told a federal judge.

University of Alaska President Jim Jensen has six weeks to craft a plan to consolidate three universities.

The rating agency cited the city's financial position and the effectiveness of Connecticut's Municipal Accountability Review Board.

The new law lowers contribution rates for some agencies and allows them to opt out of the worst-funded pension plan in the country.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot reset the clock on release of the next year's budget forecast by moving the deadline one month later to the end of August.

The rating agency cited an on-time budget and a rainy-day deposit in boosting its outlook on Pennsylvania's AA-minus rating to stable from negative.

Top Preston Hollow Capital and Nuveen officials take to the witness stand.

Spendable cash and investments have nearly doubled since 2014, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded $492 million of bonds because of its revised criteria on special revenue debt.

The municipal market saw a a flurry of deals come and go on the day before the Federal Reserve will presumably cut interest rates.

After a short-lived retirement, Lyle Fitterer will join Baird Advisors as co-head the municipal investment team at the Milwaukee-based asset manager.

The National Association of Municipal Advisors wants SEC staff action to protect MAs and possible eventual rulemaking to create "regulatory parity" between MAs and broker-dealers.