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The firm tapped veteran Phong Pham to head the new office in the western part of the state.

GFOA’s goal is to get a majority of House members to sign a letter pledging not to touch the tax exemption as they debate new infrastructure funding proposals.

Municipals were stronger in quiet activity on Monday as the market looks ahead to new competitive sales.

An $8.4 billion bounty in state revenue puts Texas in its best position in years to resolve school funding woes.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority intends to sell roughly $1.25 billion in bonds and notes this week as debate simmers over its funding sources.

Tuition revenue pressures from a sharp enrollment have prompted Vermont's Green Mountain College to close after 183 years.

Texas factory activity growth, as measured by the production index, “continued to expand in January.”

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for December rose to 0.27 from a downwardly revised 0.21 in November.

Another week of sub-average issuance lies ahead for the muni market.

Many mayors were not sympathetic about the federal budget showdown, contrasting it to their own mandate to balance budgets and deliver services.

Beloit College's rating was cut to junk last year, and the restructuring is designed to ease debt covenant strains.

The idea of XBRL makes sense, sources said, but the issue is balancing costs and benefits.

The MSRB plans to file for a new effective date for new advertising requirements as soon as the government reopens.

Judge Susan Braden had said she was inclined to hold the U.S. government responsible for impairments to Employees Retirement System bonds.

The Jan. 29-30 Federal Open Market Committee may provide information that could strengthen the bond market, if it offers further signals of an expected pause in rate hikes and a softening of its stance on balance sheet normalization, observers say.

Gov. Phil Murphy wants a major overhaul of what he sees as wasteful, ineffective tax incentive programs.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's initiative aims to improve practices at the Department of Design and Construction, the city's leading construction management agency.

The municipal bond market will feel like it’s still on vacation next week as supply hovers around holiday week type levels.

Stacey M. Tevlin, an associate director of the Federal Reserve Board’s Division of Research and Statistics, will be promoted to director effective Feb. 4, the Fed announced Friday.

As the board delayed a vote on fare and toll increases, transit funding, performance metrics and the L-train tunnel project chaos permeated discussion.