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Home prices rose 6.2% on an annual basis in November, not seasonally adjusted, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, released Tuesday.

The market is watching for details on Treasury Department’s quarterly refunding, President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting.

The first full year of Philadelphia soda tax collections came in $12.2 million below projections.

The governor wants to neutralize the effects of the new law to make it revenue-neutral for the state government.

President Trump may be laying the groundwork for a war with environmental groups with his draft legislative plan to streamline the environmental process for infrastructure projects.

St. Louis is considering a plan to raise money by privatizing Lambert International Airport.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's decisions at last week's board meeting reveal that it feels a sense of urgency as the clock ticks down toward the effective date of its landmark markup disclosure rule.

Emerging A.I. technology will transform all manner of processes, including institutional bond trading.

The bill will help the government avoid an island-wide blackout that could result from a PREPA shortfall.

Known as “MWBE University,” Comptroller Scott Stringer's series of workshops is designed for such businesses to obtain certification and navigate the procurement process.

Utah will bring $326 million of triple-A general obligation bonds to market to fund an ambitious prison relocation and transportation projects.

Tax workarounds being discussed by several states affected by the SALT cap, could cost the U.S. Treasury about $154 billion over eight years, according to a report.

Against a backdrop of chronic state budget strife, Jefferies will price the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s tobacco master settlement bonds this week.

Will President Trump trumpet infrastructure in his State of the Union address? Will there be specifics on a plan? Will the Federal Open Market Committee recommend a rate hike? The market will be watching.

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, “continued to expand in January,” albeit at a slower pace than in December.

A tobacco deal from Pennsylvania and a taxable offering from Hawaii take center stage this week as traders eye rising yields and the Federal Reserve meets on monetary policy .

Ohio businessman Dan Slane said his list of 50 emergency and national security projects is "going nowhere."

Another week of modest muni volume is expected, as issuers offer more chunks of taxable bonds.

Topics that interested our listeners the most last year spanned the spectrum from the local to the national, ranging from New York City finances to federal tax reform legislation, and from advances in technology affecting the municipal bond market to current trends impacting the industry.

The city brings a $215 million sewer revenue bond deal to market Wednesday and returns next month with a GO sale.