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

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, “expanded at a faster pace in October,” according to the monthly Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

Municipals were little changed in early activity as the market gets ready to see almost $7 billion of new paper come its way this week, led by issuers from Virginia and Maryland.

Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., plans to propose PABs for public buildings as part of tax reform

Chicago Public Schools got a boost to BB-minus as the district readies a new money and refunding deal.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has "significant concerns with how PREPA procured this contract and has not confirmed whether the contract prices are reasonable.”

Municipal bonds ended unchanged on Friday as the market geared up for a more manageable new issue calendar, led by Montgomery Co., Md., and the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority.

Cash and other resources comfortably exceed its potential liabilities, according to he Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.

The Teachers' Retirement System saw double-digit investment returns but its unfunded tab grew.

Growth in airports, ports and toll road sectors was strong in the first half of this year.

Republicans in California fail to join those in New York and New Jersey to protect SALT deduction.

Gainesville Regional Utilities received $3 billion in orders for $416 million of tax-exempt bonds.

County lawmakers' proposal to remove $60 million in fee increases might run afoul of a New York State fiscal monitoring board.

San Diego, having established the gold standard for disclosure on its website, finds the market now uses EMMA as the primary source of information.

Municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session, according to traders, who are looking ahead to the next week's $6.7 billion new issue slate, which will be headlined by big offerings from Virginia and Maryland Issuers.

A constitutional convention could set the stage for debates about state borrowing limits and local revenue-raising powers.

Joe Torsella cited the legislature's approval of a revenue package to balance the fiscal 2018 budget.

The markets have a good idea where rates will be at yearend, but who will head the Federal Reserve remains an open question, raising many concerns about the central bank’s future direction.

State-related and other schools are taking a good, hard look at their business models.

Municipals bonds are little changed in early activity as the market eyes next week’s new issue calendar, which is topped by big offerings from Virginia and Maryland Issuers.