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The agreement represents the culmination of decades-long negotiations between Idaho, Oregon, and Idaho Power.

The firm hired Michael Barnes in Philadelphia and Andrew Maher in Pittsburgh.

Jerry Zaro, chairman of Gateway Development Corp., discusses the importance of replacing a 108-year old rail tunnel linking New Jersey with Manhattan and how lack of support from the Trump administration has prevented the $12.7 billion project from getting off the ground. Andrew Coen hosts.

Bankers have until May 1 to submit their qualifications and their ideas to finance a $250 million expansion.

Manufacturing growth in the central Atlantic region was weaker than in March, while “service sector activity was robust in April.”

The region's services sector “continued to expand” at nearly the same pace as the previous month.

Action got underway in the primary on Monday as an Iowa school district sold over $100 million of general obligations.

The state recorded $76.5 billion of tax receipts in fiscal 2019, down 4.7% from the previous year.

The MSRB said Rule G-29 doesn't make sense anymore since the rulebook can be accessed online.

The audit concluded a year and one day after the sports authority received a letter dated April 4, 2018, informing it that the tax-exempt status of the bonds was being examined.

The court shouldn't accept banker Peter Cannava's "narrow and cramped view of materiality,” the SEC urged.

A higher state sales tax would be used to help fund public schools, in connection with a cap on local property taxes.

Chairman Patrick Foye and board members want answers to repeated snafus over the installation of train safety technology.

A $1.6 billion note deal from the New York State Thruway Authority this week will roll over an issue sold in 2013 as part of a financing for the $4 billion Mario Cuomo Bridge.

S&P Global Ratings downgraded the University of Connecticut to A-plus from AA-minus.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for March narrowed to negative 0.15 from a downwardly revised negative 0.31 in February.

The Bond Buyer's Northeast Regional Editor Paul Burton speaks to CBC President Andrew Rein about the NYC Fiscal 2020 executive budget.

Eric Garcetti unveiled his fiscal 2020 budget proposal for Los Angeles.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, rose to 3.89% from 3.88% the week before.

Next week’s calendar should benefit from timing and availability coming on the heels of both the income tax deadline and the holiday-shortened week.