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Bond Dealers of America plans to move its offices to K Street here on Dec. 7 to have more space in which to grow and to continue to enhance its lobbying efforts.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is planning a $6.5 billion 2016 spending plan that funds major transportation projects, the agency announced Monday.

Municipal bond volume fell for a third straight month in November, as refundings declined by more than one-third from the same month last year.

Municipal bonds closed stronger on Monday, traders said, as yields on some top-quality maturities finished as much as one basis point weaker.

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced late last week that Alaska has acquired land it needed for a major pipeline project and signed an agreement with British Columbia that could also strengthen the state's economy.

In just six months, the new Municipal Finance Group at Bonwick Capital Partners LLC has been selected as senior manager on five transactions totaling more than $150 million.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board on Monday announced seven members of an investor advisory group designed to give its board of directors additional expertise on investor protection issues.

Meghan Burke, co-winner of the Fred Johnson award from Northeast Women in Public Finance, oversees public finance at Boston’s Mintz Levin.

Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton proposed $275 billion of new federal infrastructure funding at a campaign rally in Boston on Sunday.

New Jersey senators Steve Sweeney, D-Gloucester, and Jim Whelan, D-Northfield are looking to expand the use of public-private partnerships statewide.

In its last deal of the year, the University of Texas System will offer investors a choice of taxable or tax-exempt bonds in a $241 million pricing.

Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, traders said, as yields on some top-quality maturities were as much as two basis points weaker.

Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla, who will soon decide whether the commonwealth will default on a debt service payment, and Pedro Pierluisi, the territory's representative in Congress, will headline a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday to address the commonwealth's fiscal and debt crisis, as well as possible fixes.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were higher, as the three-months incurred a 0.215% high rate, up from 0.140% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.415% high rate, up from 0.350% the week before.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $45 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.