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Kentucky Gov.-elect Matt Bevin appointed public finance attorney Scott Brinkman as secretary of the Executive Cabinet.

Municipal bond traders are shifting gears on Friday as they switch out of the debt issuance fast lane and onto the off ramp ahead of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday week.

A Rhode Island oversight panel voted to ask House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello to subpoena former baseball star Curt Schilling over the 38 Studios debacle.

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Nov. 20, 2015 Far West: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Alaska Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.3 1.37 2.2 3.17 California Aa3/A/A 0.3 1.4 2.35 3.34 Hawaii Aa2/AA/AA 0.32 1.42 2.32 3.3 Idaho Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.3 1.41 2.29 3.26 Montana Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.3 1.4 2.3 3.28 Nevada Aa2/AA/AA+ 0.34 1.43 2.35 3.34 Oregon Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.3 1.36 2.19 3.19 Washington Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.33 1.43 2.34 3.33 Wyoming NR/AAA/NR 0.3 1.39 2.21 3.17

11/19/2015 11/12/2015 State # Iss Amount ($000) # Iss Amount ($000) Chg in Amt ($000) Alaska 0 $0 0 $0 $0 California 10 537,295 12 563,225 -25,930 Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 Idaho 0 0 0 0 0 Montana 0 0 0 0 0 Nevada 1 24,500 1 24,500 0 Oregon 0 0 0 0 0 Washington 1 9,000 2 30,765 -21,765 Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0

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Municipal bond funds reported inflows for the seventh week in a row, according to Lipper data released on Thursday.

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In the week ended Nov. 19, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index fell to 4.35% from 4.38% in the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

Pat Foye, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, is planning to step down, the agency announced Thursday.

A $282 million federal transportation loan will finance additional lanes on an eight-mile stretch of U.S. 183 in Austin, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced.

A California tax board responsible for handling $48.5 million, representing 24% of state revenue in fiscal 2013-14, is placing money in the wrong accounts and failing to collect debts, according to the controller’s office.

New York’s transit workers union chief and the CEO of a paratransit vendor plan to meet again in the hopes of averting a strike over working conditions.

The municipal market’s buyside views Chicago’s pension reform appeal before the Illinois Supreme Court as a longshot and wants the city to come up with an alternative.

Municipals ended stronger on Thursday, traders said, with yields on some top-rated maturities falling by as much as five basis points. Traders were looking to put most of the week’s hefty primary issuance behind them as they saw the last few deals to come to market.