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Dearborn plans to price $35 million of bonds and Muskegon County plans $45 million.

Three of the four index components declined from September.

State lawmakers advanced a recreational cannabis legalization bill that moves the cash-strapped state closer to a new pot tax revenue stream.

A flurry of mid-sized deals priced, as the muni market firmed ahead of what should be the busiest day of the week.

The Mojave Desert city will soon be current on bonds that led the city to a bond fraud settlement with the SEC.

SIFMA and BDA responded to the MSRB's request for comment on muni indices and benchmarks, and transparency was a major theme.

Wednesday’s municipal market was firm and over $1.3 billion bid lists were circulating, according to a New York trader.

Growth in "eds and meds" has bolstered the Rhode Island capital, the rating agency said in a comparison with New Jersey's capital.

The deal clears one legal obstacle to the upcoming issuance of PABs, although two other challengers plan to pursue a federal lawsuit.

Interest rates are nearing the neutral level — the rate that neither stimulates nor restrains economic growth — Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday.

Service sector “grew slightly in November,” according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released Wednesday.

Manufacturing growth in the central Atlantic region “grew moderately in November.”

Brock, the deputy director of the state's retirement system, will succeed Patrick Marr, who is moving to the private sector.

Rep. Rob Bishop wants a simple up or down vote on statehood.

Deals for retail and institutions priced into a stronger market, paving the way for bigger issuance as the week progresses.

Both S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings dropped the New York suburban county to AA-plus from AAA.

In a recent Fitch Ratings report, analysts studied ways autonomous vehicles could impact parking structures in cities.

The state plans to price $190 million of general obligation highway capital improvement bonds.

Fitch placed the A-plus rating on credit watch negative a week after CMEEC announced its own probe into embezzlement allegations.

The lame duck session of Congress that convened this week may include passage of a tax bill released Monday night by Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, the outgoing chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.