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Tuesday, May 19 Issuer St Description Amount

Tuesday, May 19 Issuer St Description Amount

May. 19, 2015 Southwest: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Arizona Aa3/AA+/NR 0.29 1.58 2.55 3.55 Arkansas Aa1/AA/NR 0.22 1.45 2.34 3.33 Colorado Aa1/AA/NR 0.24 1.51 2.43 3.45 Kansas Aa1/AA+/NR 0.22 1.51 2.43 3.41 New Mexico Aaa/AA+/NR 0.22 1.46 2.34 3.34 Oklahoma Aa2/AA+/AA+ 0.26 1.54 2.45 3.45 Texas Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.26 1.52 2.42 3.42 Utah Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.22 1.4 2.26 3.23

Week Of May 18 Issuer St Description Amount

Week Of May 18 Issuer St Description Amount

5/18/2015 5/11/2015 State Amount ($000s) Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Arizona 3 $27,745 10 $1,070,465 -$1,042,720 Arkansas 2 8,905 2 8,520 385 Colorado 5 156,155 6 194,005 -37,850 Kansas 11 135,910 19 267,800 -131,890 New Mexico 2 55,260 1 5,000 50,260 Oklahoma 29 40,525 40 159,700 -119,175 Texas 52 1,513,232 50 1,762,877 -249,645 Utah 0 0 2 21,425 -21,425

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Springfield, Mo. City Utilities will take competitive bids on $515 million of revenue bonds that will refund bonds from a 2006 issue that funded a coal plant.

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Chicago will delay a $380 million market appearance for at least a week, and may tinker with the deals’ size and composition.

Container volumes at the Port of Los Angeles dropped 6% in April compared to the same period last year, according to port officials.

The Central Florida Expressway Authority selected insider Laura Kelley to become the agency’s first female executive director.

Rockland County, N.Y. received its first bond upgrade from Standard & Poor's since 2002, and a positive outlook, citing improved liquidity.

Lee Ann Palladino, chief investment officer of the $30 billion Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds since 2011, will retire July 1.

Seven months after winning voter approval of one of its largest bond proposals, Austin Community College District will offer the market $175 million of bonds supported by its fast-growing tax base.

Bexar County Texas now boasts triple-A ratings from three agencies after Standard & Poor's lifted its AA-plus rating a notch amid positive economic trends.

A plan to increase Texas school funding by $3 billion and reform the funding formula died in the state Legislature as sponsor Jimmie Don Aycock threw in the towel.

Salt River Project, one of Arizona's largest public utilities, saved about $90 million or 14% on a $924 million issue that combined $300 million of new money with refunding of outstanding debt, officials said.

Standard & Poor's hit Chicago’s water and sewer revenue bonds with a three-notch downgrade Monday due to concerns over the liquidity pressures posed Moody’s Investors Service’s downgrade.