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San Diego announced agreements with three unions that city officials say will lock in pension reforms.

The League of California Cities is part of a planned Sacramento rally to raise awareness about the state’s dilapidated infrastructure.

The Texas Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Texas’ “Byzantine” school funding formula will end three years of litigation but have no immediate impact on state or local school district credits, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Top-rated municipal bonds strengthened on Tuesday, according to traders, as long-term yields tumbled into record low territory. Issuers in the primary benefitted, with sources saying that LaGuardia Airport’s $2.3 billion bond deal netted over $20 billion of orders.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has said oral arguments will be held in Jefferson County, Ala.’s bankruptcy case, although dates for those arguments have been set three times then postponed without a reason.

A new proposal in the New York State Legislature would if approved place borrowing limits on the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) if approved.

Treasurer John Chiang’s name has been floated over the past several months as a candidate for governor – and Tuesday he made it official.

Both 10-year transportation funding plans proposed by Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton include $2 billion of road bonds.

Days after winning voter approval of $155 million of bonds to keep pace with growth, the Anna Independent School District on the outskirts of Dallas took a two-notch downgrade from Moody's Investors Service. Anna was one of dozens of Texas school districts whose voters approved nearly $5 billion of bonds May 7.

Central Falls, R.I.'s last proposed budget under a five-year bankruptcy plan shows a capital markets underpinning that includes a rainy-day fund.

The Wisconsin Center District is finalizing plans for a $203 million deal to cover much of the public tab for the new Milwaukee Bucks basketball arena.

States had $968 billion in unfunded pension benefits, $518 billion in outstanding public debt, and $587 of unfunded retiree health care and non-pension benefits in fiscal 2013, according to a report on States’ Fiscal Health released by The Pew Charitable Trusts on Tuesday.

Top-rated municipal bonds strengthened at mid-session, according to traders, as long-term yields slipped into record low territory.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $45 billion of four-week bills at a 0.240% high yield, a price of 99.981333.

Indicator Last Report Forecast Actual CPI March: +0.1% April: +0.3% April: +0.4% CPI Core March: +0.1% April: +0.2% April: +0.2% Housing Starts March: 1.099M April: 1.125M April: 1.172M Building Permits March: 1.077M April: 1.130M April: 1.116M Industrial Production March: -0.9% April: +0.3% April: +0.7% Capacity Utilization March: 74.9% April: 75.0% April: 75.4%

Chicago is moving to finalize the new money piece of an up to $1.25 billion general obligation bond sale.

Municipal bond traders are set to see the biggest deal of the week come to market on Tuesday – the much anticipated LaGuardia Airport offering.