News and Information from Bond Buyer

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is looking for five people knowledgeable about the muni market to sit on its board starting Oct. 1.

The municipal bond market on Monday is patiently waiting for this week’s new issue sales to get underway with competitive sales on Tuesday from Massachusetts and Fairfax County, Va.

Mayor Martin Walsh cited the need for more elaborate resilience measures after freezing floodwaters engulfed neighborhoods.

This week's negotiated calendar is headlined by taxable deals from Stanford Health Care, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Financing Authority and the Illinois Finance Authority while Massachusetts is set to sell two big tax-free competitive offerings

The Treasury Department auctioned $42 billion of 26-week bills at a high yield of 1.575% on Monday.

The Treasury Department auctioned $48 billion of 13-week bills at a high yield of 1.430% on Monday.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $50 billion of four-week discount bills on Tuesday.

The commonwealth plans two more sales in early 2018 after Tuesday's $600 million deal.

The Employment Trends Index increased 0.74 percentage points in December to 107.10 from a revised 106.36 in November, The Conference Board reported on Monday.

Colorado lawmakers enter their 2018 session with election-year politics on their mind and more money in their pockets.

Municipal bond traders are back at work in earnest as they get set to take on a new issue slate dominated by competitive sales on Tuesday and taxable deals on Wednesday and Thursday.

The decision impacts $1.26 billion of economic development revenue and refunding bonds issued by the company, which said it is considering its response to the IRS.

An Atlanta-based municipal advisor defrauded a Mississippi city and breached its fiduciary duty, the SEC said.

Gov. Ricardo Rosselló signed the measure Thursday.

The Iowa Fertilizer Co. LLC is seeking a tender exchange for up to $435 million of bonds.

The municipal bond market is looking ahead to a $3.3 billion new issue slate that will be dominated by competitive sales from Massachusetts and taxable negotiated deals.

Gary Pollock, managing director at Deutsche Bank, talks about what’s successful in a wealth management approach to municipals. John Hallacy is the host.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $1.518 billion in December to a total of $262.102 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Friday.

Florida’s attorneys will argue to the U.S. Supreme Court that it should cap Georgia’s fresh water consumption.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision to more vigorously enforce federal marijuana laws probably won't lower state credit ratings, but could impact their tax revenues.