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The overall economy grew for the 105th straight time, the Institute for Supply Management reported Thursday.

There was no consensus on prospects for a federal infrastructure plan at Wednesday's Bond Buyer event.

Hours after the president announced plans for a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill, public finance professionals expressed doubt about the plan becoming reality.

While President Trump gets praise for pushing for $1.5 trillion of new infrastructure investment, leaked draft plans for a bill have already raised questions and sparked controversy.

Anna Sarabian specializes in general government, which includes cities, counties and special districts.

Laura Taylor Swain ruled that holding a lien isn't enough at this time to require ordering bond payments be made.

Municipal bond market participants are weighing in on what they think about what President Trump said about infrastructure in his State of the Union address.

An Illinois lawmaker has filed a bill that would authorize the massive borrowing.

Moody's placed $975 million of the university's long-term debt on review for downgrade.

Historically, the vast majority of state and local government series securities were purchased for advanced refunding escrows until tax-exempt advance refundings were banned after 2017.

Legal experts and county officials believe the online retail giant wasn’t swayed by the Alabama county’s Chapter 9 case or its ongoing appeal.

Municipal bond volume evaporated in January, as the market felt the aftereffect of federal tax legislation that pulled issuance forward into 2017.

Municipal bond market participants are weighing in on President Trump's call for infrastructure financing in his State of the Union address.

It will take some time to see how both tax reform and infrastructure makes an impression on the muni market, said panelists at The Bond Buyer's National Outlook 2018 Conference.

About 4,903,300 online job postings appeared on leading internet job boards in January, an increase of 1,200 from December, the Conference Board reported Wednesday.

Moody's revised its outlook on Connecticut's capital to developing from negative, pending the city's application for a state workout program.

Pending home sales rose 0.5% to an index reading of 110.1 in December, from an upwardly revised 109.6 in November.

The Chicago Business Barometer declined to 65.7 in January from a revised 67.8 in December.

Municipal bond market participants await details of President Trump’s plans for infrastructure spending.

The December Midwest Economy Index climbed to 0.43 from a revised 0.17 in November, first reported 0.22, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said Wednesday.