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A district that replenishes Los Angeles-area aquifers is selling bonds for a project designed to help eliminate its use of imported water.

The primary will see only a few larger noteworthy deals hit on Thursday, as most of the week's issuance priced on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The U.S. services sector expanded at a slower pace in November as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 55.9 in the month, compared to 56.9 in October, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Thursday.

Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen's Thursday testimony before the Congressional Joint Economic Committee pretty much repeated what she said Wednesday at The Economic Club of Washington, suggesting she is prepared for liftoff later this month.

Mobile, Ala., next week will file a protest and an appeal of the Internal Revenue Service’s proposed adverse determination that some general obligation refunding and improvement warrants it issued in 2006 are taxable.

Dec. 3, 2015 Southeast: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Alabama Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.36 1.3 2.07 3.02 Florida Aa1/AAA/AAA 0.36 1.31 2.12 3.04 Georgia Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.34 1.24 1.98 2.91 Kentucky Aa2/AA+/AA+ 0.38 1.38 2.18 3.14 Louisiana Aa2/AA/AA 0.47 1.59 2.42 3.4 Mississippi Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.39 1.4 2.23 3.17 North Carolina Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.34 1.24 1.98 2.92 South Carolina Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.34 1.26 2.01 2.95 Tennessee Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.34 1.26 2 2.92 Virginia Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.33 1.23 1.97 2.9 West Virginia Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.36 1.3 2.11 3.07

12/2/2015 11/25/2015 State Iss Amount ($000s) Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Alabama 0 $0 0 $0 0 Florida 6 228,625 8 260,740 -32,115 Georgia 5 363,025 2 111,555 251,470 Kentucky 9 225,957 6 187,730 38,227 Louisiana 3 208,645 3 208,645 0 Mississippi 2 22,045 3 33,945 -11,900 North Carolina 1 6,900 2 43,595 -36,695 South Carolina 4 51,810 1 13,005 38,805 Tennessee 3 206,755 3 206,755 0 Virginia 2 60,380 2 60,380 0 West Virginia 0 0 0 0 0

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Government

Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner called for an overhaul of state debt management, saying the 38 Studios fiasco is not the only example of poor practices.

Motor fuel tax revenues and gambling tax funds owed to local governments in Illinois would begin flowing again under legislation advancing with Gov. Bruce Rauner’s support.

After four months of falling below expectations, Kansas revenues exceeded estimates for November, according to the state Department of Revenue.

With the nation’s largest percentage of uninsured patients, Texas hospitals face great uncertainty over whether the federal government will renew a five-year Medicaid waiver or penalize the state for not expanding coverage, experts say.

Puerto Rico’s economic activity index rose 0.2% in October from September and 1% from October 2014.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Alan C. Stout will decide after hearings on Dec. 9 and 10 whether Hillview, Ky., is eligible to proceed with its bankruptcy petition.