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Kaiser’s Thomas Meier discusses how the company’s core values resulted in consistent financial performance and a rating upgrade, factors that helped lead to a Deal of the Year award-winning transaction.

The municipal bond market is girding itself for a third day of a supply surge as deals from the Illinois Finance Authority, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority and San Jose are set to come its way.

The deal was the largest aggregate financing and the largest taxable issuance by a 501(c)3 healthcare institution.

The U.S. Virgin Islands is grappling with a government revenue shortfall in the aftermath of two category 5 hurricanes.

The $575 million deal proved an easy sell to a market hungry for any municipal paper.

Mega-deals from Chicago, San Jose, Trinity Health and Miami-Dade all hit the screens as yields on municipal bonds plunged further.

The nation’s debt limit will likely reach its new ceiling at midnight on Friday.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $2.785 billion in November to a total of $260.584 billion.

Some of the proceeds will refund tax-exempt bonds issued for the university through St. Joseph County.

With the fate of private activity bonds in flux, D.C.'s Housing Finance Agency is forging ahead with plans for its largest offering by the end of the year.

Regional Plan Association's far-reaching ideas for New York-area transit overhaul struck some nerves, and president Tom Wright welcomes the debate.

A Florida lawmaker has also proposed a law requiring community development districts to get certified appraisals on property they buy.

Mega-deals from San Jose, Miami-Dade and Chicago hit the screens on Wednesday while yields on municipal bonds continued to move lower.

S&P analysts assigned a negative outlook to Mason County, Wash. in addition to a one-notch downgrade.

The MBTA’s $370 million deal includes the first tax-exempt sustainability bonds issued in the United States.

The $1.3 billion inaugural financing from the Great Lakes Water Authority unlocked substantial debt service savings.

Cambridge, Mass.’ $2 million minibonds allowed it to respond to an unmet need of its residents.

The agency keeps its AA-minus rating while calling the commonwealth less resilient.

About 4,700,900 online job postings appeared on leading internet job boards in November, an increase of 137,100 from October.

There’s no rest for the weary as more deals are set to hit the municipal bond market on Wednesday, topped off by offerings from San Jose and Chicago.