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The university expects healthy reception for its higher education bonds in a supply-constrained market.

State agencies are also holding $2.3 billion of bills that can’t be paid until lawmakers approve appropriations, the state comptroller said.

A pre-marketing wire on the Sales Tax Securitization Corp.'s $366.2 million of tax-exempts indicates the Chicago deal may see wider spreads than in its bond sale last month.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board issued a report saying its oversight of the muni market without enforcement power is among the advantages it offers as a self-regulator.

President Trump's purported latest infrastructure plan would remove state volume caps, advance refunding prohibitions and state volume caps from private activity bonds used for infrastructure.

The bond-funded venue would bring the public and alumni back to campus to see the university's transformation, Temple's president said.

The Regional Transportation Authority of Northeastern Illinois has begun laying the groundwork for a campaign to raise more public money.

Key variables include how Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the MTA would use the roughly $1 billion projected for mass transit, New York City's role and how Albany would tweak the measure.

Although tax reform concerns pushed issuers into the market in December, CUSIP requests for the year, were lowest since 2014.

State officials cited the need to package its $800 special tax obligation bond sale separately from their general obligation credit.

The supply-demand imbalance for muni investors is more acute than usual after issuers accelerated deals ahead of the new tax law.

Plans to build a $362 million Kansas prison as a public-private partnership are in doubt as lawmakers question the financial benefits.

The law firm has promoted seven public finance lawyers to partner over the past five years.

The MSRB's structure lets public and private sectors work together to foster investment in infrastructure financing, economic development and job creation.

Municipal bond traders return to work with yields and the revamped Chicago deal in their sights.

The Senate remains deadlocked over how much to increase an $81 billion disaster aid package that was approved by the House in December.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for December increased to 0.27 from a downwardly revised 0.11 in November.

It’s an uncomfortable topic, especially after a bruising round of accusations in the 1990s.

The city will see Monday if its retooled sales tax securitization issue is a go with the market.

"We've been playing games with the revenue estimates for decades," a former Treasury secretary tells the Oversight Board.