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The top two municipal bond insurers wrapped over $7.704 billion in the first quarter of 2026, up 4.9% year-over-year from the $7.342 billion in Q1 2025, according to LSEG data.

The administration's effort to revitalize the maritime industry includes opportunities for public-private partnerships.

Butler Snow and Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth were new entrants to the top 10 year-over-year, knocking Chapman and Cutler and Nixon Peabody to the top 15.

Debt requests are escalating as the Lone Star State accommodates a growing population and addresses aging infrastructure.

The Illinois House advanced a megaprojects bill that could enable the National Football League's Chicago Bears to stay in Illinois.

All sectors of the muni market posted gains in April, Kim Olsan wrote, exemplifying the market's better-than-expected resilience.

Last year, 23 active ETFs launched along with nine passive ones. While the first quarter of the year bucks that trend as one active ETF launched compared to three passive ones, things could change the rest of the year, analysts say.

Fitch Ratings on Monday echoed a prior move by Moody's Ratings to revise the state's outlook to negative.

Muni advocates are watching Congress move towards a second reconciliation bill that may not require any provisions that pay for funding DHS, and the possibility of a third, tax-focused bill.

Veteran public finance banker Shawn Dralle has joined Los Angeles County as assistant-treasurer tax collector.

With no rate change expected, analysts look at Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh and how investors should position.

While moratoriums on artificial intelligence hubs and public pushback against data centers dominate the news, more than 800 Midwest communities have approved major data centers, with Illinois as a growing hotspot with 229 sites.

Three universities in the Northeast found a market for their bonds despite larger headwinds for the higher education sector in the region.

While the state is most concerned about stopping the fires, credit rating agencies are monitoring the situation.

"What the market's really trying to figure out is what that Warsh regime is going to mean," said Tom Kozlik of HilltopSecurities. "Folks are really trying to position their mindsets, position their portfolios."

The Wall Street banks targeted in the rate-rigging lawsuit wanted the top court to overturn class certification.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is looking for proposals that leverage public private partnerships to solve traffic bottlenecks through the use of tolled express lanes .

"Investors typically start positioning for heavy summer redemptions in summer, so the market typically performs well enough through the first half of June and we do not believe that this year will be any different," Barclays strategists said.

The state's expectation of a deficit in the coming biennium budget was cited in the outlook revision.

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said in a social media post Friday morning that the Justice Department is closing its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, clearing a path for Kevin Warsh to be confirmed as Powell's replacement.