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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it has raised its underlying rating to A-plus from A on McMullen County Independent School District, Texas' outstanding general obligation debt.

Small business optimism was flat in October, with the National Federation of Independent Business' monthly Small Business Optimism index published Tuesday remaining at 96.1.

Former Washington Mayor Anthony Williams and Dentons restructuring expert Mark Kaufman take a good, hard look with Bond Buyer senior northeast reporter Paul Burton.

Nov. 10, 2015 Southwest: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Arizona Aa3/AA+/NR 0.32 1.44 2.41 3.44 Arkansas Aa1/AA/NR 0.29 1.34 2.24 3.26 Colorado Aa1/AA/NR 0.29 1.4 2.34 3.39 Kansas Aa1/AA+/NR 0.27 1.4 2.34 3.35 New Mexico Aaa/AA+/NR 0.27 1.34 2.25 3.29 Oklahoma Aa2/AA+/AA+ 0.31 1.43 2.36 3.39 Texas Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.3 1.39 2.34 3.36 Utah Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.27 1.28 2.15 3.17

11/9/2015 11/2/2015 State Amount ($000s) Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Arizona 1 $5,990 1 $5,990 $0 Arkansas 6 23,600 7 65,990 -42,390 Colorado 2 13,800 4 62,375 -48,575 Kansas 11 174,640 15 193,580 -18,940 New Mexico 2 7,785 1 5,675 2,110 Oklahoma 7 15,380 4 39,000 -23,620 Texas 40 821,385 46 1,171,743 -350,358 Utah 1 24,000 0 0 24,000

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A healthy increase in sales and use tax revenue indicates growing consumer confidence, Arkansas officials said.

With construction on its new basketball arena humming along, California's capitol is turning is attention to an extensive downtown revitalization project that aims to leverage property taxes to create 10,000 places to live in downtown Sacramento by 2025.

Michigan’s recent adoption of a $1.2 billion road funding package was labeled a positive credit factor for the state’s transportation revenue bonds by Moody’s Investors Service.

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Missouri has turned east to New Hampshire for a new head of transportation.

On the eve of pricing $1.75 billion of bonds for a privately owned intercity passenger train system, its Florida developers introduced Brightline as the name of the new service.

Investors holding about $27 million of bonds issued for a failed sucralose plant in Moberly, Missouri have reached settlements with the financial firms they sued in state court, weeks after a federal class-action case was settled.

Municipal bonds were weaker at the market close on Monday, according to traders, with yields on top-quality munis rising three basis points on some maturities.There were no larger deals that hit the market today, but market participants will see the first dosage of new issuance tomorrow, headlined by a $1.75 billion deal by a Florida issuer.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie conditionally vetoed key parts of an Atlantic City rescue package that the New Jersey Legislature approved in June.

Investment banker Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. has a team of new partners, including Henry Cisneros, the former mayor of San Antonio, under a newly-announced realignment of the firm’s ownership structure.