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Washington State lawmakers are unable to come to an agreement on education funding as the fiscal year-end looms.

The Federal Open Market Committee voted to raise the fed funds rate target 25 basis points to between 1% and 1.25%.

Dwayne Edwards and 11 companies have agreed to a judgment in a case with ties to Christopher Brogdon.

A $1.1 billion tax-exempt revenue bond deal for New Jersey's American Dream retail/entertainment complex did not price as scheduled.

The Chicago Transit Authority and Regional Transportation Authority are latest rating victims of Illinois political gridlock.

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., attacked the Puerto Rico Oversight Board’s plan to slash bondholder payments as illegal.

California lawmakers reached an agreement Tuesday on the most contentious budget items.

Owners of under-construction nuclear reactors in Georgia reached a settlement with Toshiba and bankrupt Westinghouse.

The University of Illinois will conduct a national search to replace retiring CFO Walter Knorr.

Those waiting for the bonds that will finance the long-awaited American Dream development in New Jersey will have to wait a bit longer as the big sale was delayed.

Municipal bond traders will see the bonds that will finance the long-awaited New Jersey megamall American Dream hit the market on Wednesday in an unrated sale that has garnered a lot of attention.

Puerto Rico fiscal officials delayed acceptance of measures in the island electric authority's $9 billion debt deal, spurring speculation that the agreement with creditors may be in jeopardy.

The Treasury Department is echoing state and local groups, saying some munis should be considered HQLA.

Top-quality municipal bonds finished mixed on Tuesday, traders said, as the state of Wisconsin came to market with a sale of general obligation bonds and investors awaited the Federal Open Market Committee's decision on interest rates.

The Senate bill mirrors a House version introduced in March.

Weak reserve levels led S&P Global Ratings to downgrade Suffolk County, N.Y.

Indiana is negotiating with I-69 bondholders and preparing to take control of the troubled P3 project.

New York City gets mixed marks from the Citizens Budget Commission for its adopted fiscal 2018 budget.

Airlines want a November vote on a new $1B terminal at KC airport and how to finance it.

National Public Finance Guarantee got a vote of confidence from Kroll Bond Rating Agency a week after S&P Global Ratings put the MBIA Inc. municipal bond insurance unit on credit watch negative.