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Rhode Island won’t file criminal charges related to 38 Studios, frustrating those who want to know more about the deal behind Curt Schilling’s video-game company.

Atlantic City has tapped financial advisors PFM Group and NW Financial to assist with its recovery plan needed to avoid state intervention.

Monday, August 1 Issuer St Description Amount

Monday, August 1 Issuer St Description Amount

Week Of August 1 Issuer St Description Amount

Week Of August 1 Issuer St Description Amount

ARKANSAS

Aug. 1, 2016 Northeast: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Connecticut Aa3/AA+/AA+ 0.66 1.32 1.97 2.67 Delaware Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.46 0.83 1.4 2.11 Maine Aa2/AA/AA 0.48 0.91 1.53 2.23 Maryland Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.46 0.85 1.44 2.12 Massachusetts Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.5 0.92 1.57 2.32 New Hampshire Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.48 0.88 1.45 2.21 New Jersey A2/A/A 0.81 1.56 2.21 2.87 New York Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.46 0.84 1.47 2.27 Pennsylvania Aa3/AA+/AA+ 0.61 1.32 2.06 2.77 Rhode Island Aa2/AA/AA 0.51 1.03 1.73 2.47 Vermont Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.46 0.85 1.43 2.13 Dist. of Columbia Aa1/AA/AA 0.5 0.95 1.61 2.34 Puerto Rico Caa3/CC/CC 40.96 16.14 11.06 8.32

7/29/2016 7/22/2016 State # Iss Amount ($000s) # Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Connecticut 6 675,460 4 $512,788 $162,672 Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 Maine 0 0 0 0 0 Maryland 0 0 1 25,000 -25,000 Massachusetts 6 309,425 6 37,648 271,777 New Hampshire 0 0 1 3,400 -3,400 New Jersey 7 55,745 6 107,616 -51,871 New York 22 1,247,237 15 48,467 1,198,770 Pennsylvania 9 1,650,420 11 1,316,435 333,985 Rhode Island 2 7,610 1 266,820 -259,210 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 Puerto Rico 1 750,000 1 750,000 0

Junk-rated Chicago Public Schools borrowed $150 million through a private placement Friday, a move that allowed it to bypass a public offering.

Moody's Investors Service placed $18 billion of lease-backed, moral obligation and comparable debt on review.

Government

The Southeast Michigan Regional Transit Authority failed to secure enough votes to put a 20-year transportation millage on the Nov. 8 ballot in a vote taken this week.

Miami-Dade County will price $365 million of tax exempt non-AMT refunding bonds and $377 million of taxable bonds on Wednesday.

Municipal market participants are preparing for nearly $12 billion in issuance in the coming week to help meet demand that hasn't wavered as issuance slowed in July.

The small Florida city of Opa-locka is on the verge of bankruptcy, according to the head of a state-appointed oversight board.

After two months of increased year-over-year volume, long-term municipal bond issuance plunged 27% in July.

Road, transit, and rail projects in 32 states share $500 million in latest round of competitive TIGER grants.

Goldman Sachs & Co. has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle Financial Industry Regulatory Authority charges that it submitted inaccurate auction rate securities information to a reporting system and did not have a supervisory system in place to catch the problems.

A Pennsylvania school district said it expects to receive a proposed adverse determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service stating general obligation bonds it issued in 2005 and advance refunded in 2013 are taxable.