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The urgency for healthcare issuers to sell tax-exempt bonds is gone after private activity bonds survived tax reform.

Georgia regulators said the private and public power owners can move forward with the Plant Vogtle project.

The water utility will not be sold or leased as part of New Jersey’s state takeover, officials announced.

North Dakota county loses investment grade as it prepares to open new jail.

Ingalls Health System in south suburban Chicago was downgraded one notch to Baa3 by Moody's Investors Service.

The muni market is skidding to a halt from a break-neck issuance filled two weeks, as an eerie quiet pervades ahead of the long holiday weekend.

The Treasury Department Thursday auctioned $14 billion of four-year four-month inflation-indexed notes with a 0.125% coupon, at a 0.370% high yield, an adjusted price of 100.374263.

CalPERS' plan to dial back the assumed return on its investments puts pressure on governments to make up the difference.

Skeptics question whether the MTA can deliver on time and on budget after it fumbled other big projects.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $28 billion seven-year notes on Dec. 28.

The composite of the Leading Economic Index was up 0.4% in November following an unrevised 1.2% increase in October, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

Martin Robins, founding director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, discusses New Jersey's transportation infrastructure needs in the face of state fiscal pressures. Robins, who helped create New Jersey Transit, explores how funding may change under Gov.-elect Phil Murphy. Hosted by Andrew Coen.

The muni market is skidding to a halt from a break-neck issuance filled two weeks, as few notable deals remain on the calendar.

The region's manufacturing sector expanded in December at a quicker pace than in November.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for November decreased to 0.15 from an upwardly revised 0.76 in October.

The two largest deals of the week touched down, as yields rose with comprehensive tax reform just a few President Trump pen strokes away from becoming official.

Judge Laura Taylor Swain directed that Puerto Rico Employers Retirement System bond interest payments to bondholders should continue pending a determination on their lien.

Bridgeview, Illinois is the second Illinois home rule community to take advantage of new borrowing program.

Gov. Rick Snyder says the state Supreme Court ruling won't impact state finances.

If Trump signs the tax bill this year without a waiver from the PAYGO Act, it would trigger a $136 billion cut in mandatory federal programs, wiping out federal subsidies for Build America Bonds and other direct-pay bonds.