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11/2/2016 10/26/2016 State Iss Amount ($000s) Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Alabama 1 $550,000 1 $550,000 0 Florida 13 1,049,795 10 780,505 269,290 Georgia 2 31,000 6 463,895 -432,895 Kentucky 5 93,810 6 146,965 -53,155 Louisiana 3 272,480 3 161,480 111,000 Mississippi 3 41,335 4 107,485 -66,150 North Carolina 2 538,990 7 806,830 -267,840 South Carolina 4 170,550 4 50,855 119,695 Tennessee 6 214,360 3 180,660 33,700 Virginia 4 269,515 2 158,645 110,870 West Virginia 0 0 0 0 0

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The Chicago Board of Education will vote next month to revise its $5.4 billion fiscal 2017 budget to incorporate $55 million of added costs under a four-year labor contract ratified by teachers this week.

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The Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico, with about $3.8 billion of debt outstanding, may fail and it’s possible that the island’s cities and public corporations won’t get all their deposits back, said Puerto Rico Secretary of the Treasury Juan Zaragoza.

Making a big leap west, Missouri-based Gilmore & Bell PC snared an eight-lawyer public finance team from Ballard Spahr LLP’s Salt Lake City office.

Atlantic City officials are gearing up to fight a possible state takeover after New Jersey rejected the city’s five-year fiscal recovery plan.

Top-rated municipal bonds finished stronger on Wednesday, according to traders, after the Federal Open Market Committee in a widely expected move left its fed funds target rate unchanged at between 0.25% and 0.50%.

The record number of local transit elections next week reflects declining federal funding, experts say.

Arkansas voters will decide Nov. 8 whether to lift a state constitutional limit on general obligation bonds for large development projects. They will also decide whether to legalize medical marijuana use.

Fishers is trying to spread the word of its status as Indiana’s only city with a triple-A rating from S&P Global Ratings in an effort to develop broader investor appeal and further lower its borrowing costs.

Moody’s Investors Service upgraded the ratings on more than 90% of the 200 California credits it reviewed as a result of changes to the way it views lease revenue bonds and comparable debt.

The Federal Open Market Committee held the fed funds rate target at 0.25% to 0.50% at its latest meeting, according to the statement released after its two-day meeting concluded Wednesday.

The developers of the All Aboard Florida intercity passenger train project unveiled a new financing strategy in court documents saying that it is designed to moot two pending federal lawsuits nearing conclusion in Washington, D.C.

Top-rated municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, who were awaiting word on interest rates from the Federal Reserve.