News and Information from Bond Buyer

9/20/2016 9/13/2016 State # Iss Amount ($000) # Iss Amount ($000) Chg in Amt ($000s) Illinois 9 $92,625 11 $373,840 -$281,215 Indiana 8 361,405 9 506,620 -145,215 Iowa 4 57,130 4 19,945 37,185 Michigan 6 86,300 7 879,630 -793,330 Minnesota 26 301,075 22 524,688 -223,613 Missouri 2 170,000 4 243,175 -73,175 Nebraska 1 68,215 1 9,900 58,315 North Dakota 0 0 1 5,600 -5,600 Ohio 2 115,940 4 248,970 -133,030 South Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 Wisconsin 26 604,160 25 285,350 318,810

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Puerto Rico’s Employment Shrank in August From July.

New York City gets mixed grades when it comes to implementing priority initiatives, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Citizens Budget Commission.

The Baltimore City Council on Monday approved a $660 million bond deal to transform the Port Covington neighborhood, making it the largest tax increment financing district in city’s history.

Chicago’s proposed fix for its troubled municipal employees’ pension fund offers a better solution than a restructuring backed by the fund’s managers, say Chicago’s finance chiefs.

For the sixth time this year, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has postponed oral arguments in Jefferson County, Ala.’s bankruptcy appeal.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and elected officials from both states have agreed to a new expanded planning process for a new Manhattan bus terminal.

Top-quality municipal bonds ended unchanged Tuesday as more supply hit the screens on a busy day, led by the warmly received Texas Water Development Board deal. The Federal Open Market Committee began its two-day monetary policy meeting, keeping Tuesday’s trading subdued.

About 680 firms, with 4,500 associated professionals, were registered as municipal advisors as of September, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s chairman told House and Senate committee leaders in a letter detailing the board’s compliance with the Dodd-Frank Act.

Texas now has the nation's largest rainy day fund after Alaska drained nearly a third of its fund in one year, according to a study by the Texas Comptroller's Office.

A lawsuit filed against the state of Michigan on behalf of 14 local municipalities this month seeks to correct what they contend is a miscalculation in state aid that has shortchanged them for two decades.

Arkansas will study whether tolled lanes are the best way to finance a 14-mile segment of a new interstate highway.

S&P Global Ratings said it lowered its underlying rating on Ralston, Neb.'s series 2011A, 2011B, 2012A, and 2012B general obligation (GO) arena bonds seven notches to BB from A-plus.