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In the first tranche of its $800 million sale, West Virginia says residents will get an opportunity to invest in the state.

A long-term plan provides a dynamic tool to help preserve assets and identify funding gaps and potential income shortfalls.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index rose to 0.34 in April from a revised 0.32 in March, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported on Monday.

The Illinois city's revenue bondholders want any legal settlement to prioritize their claim over those of pension funds.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will determine the future of the city's beverage tax policy.

Fort Worth was still savoring a victory for a $400 mllion bond proposal when rating agencies rained on the parade.

Municipal volume will sink to $6.36 billion, with the California issuer responsible for a third of the week’s paper.

S&P Global Ratings said the Bluegrass state has become more vulnerable to fiscal stress.

The decline in the unemployment rate is mostly due to emigration, a challenge as the territory restructures its debt.

The district priced debt Thursday at narrower spreads than it faced in a November sale.

Facing a May 31 deadline to issue the $1.15 billion of PABs, All Aboard Florida asked the federal transportation agency for extra time to sell the debt.

S&P placed MSU on CreditWatch with negative implications, citing a lack of clarity on how the settlement will be paid for.

The lawsuit says the state's plan to pay off oil producers by issuing bonds violates the state constitution.

Cities coping with phenomena like climate change and cybersecurity are empowering themselves through data mining and other smart technologies.

Municipal bond volume slips back down to a more average level next week, after the market saw the biggest slate of the year hit the screens this week.

Treasurer Seth Magaziner hopes to attract more investors to Rhode Island's bond program.

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner submitted a capital appropriation for the project this week.

As Infrastructure Week ends, it’s sad to note that in the one area where all agree something must be done, there has been no progress.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices nudged up to 4.00% from 3.99% the week before.

Tampering with funds from a debt sale was among the allegations that landed Crystal City's former city attorney and city manager the long sentence.