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Craig General Hospital in northeastern Oklahoma continues to operate after filing for bankruptcy protection.

Gov. Rick Scott has appointed three to the board of the Florida Development Finance Corp., which will issue $1.75 billion in bonds for the All Aboard Florida private train.

City and County officials in San Diego have joined forces to explore stadium options to retain the city’s National Football Team, the San Diego Chargers.

Prices of top-rated municipal bonds closed unchanged on Monday, traders said, ahead of this week’s new deals, which are just part of the new issuance propelling volume for the quarter toward the $100 billion mark.

Weakened financial operations resulted in the downgrade of $47.4 million of Conejo Valley Unified School District general obligation debt to A1 from A3, according to Moody's.

Williams, Ariz., the "Gateway to the Grand Canyon," is developing plans for a theme park that could cost $400 million and help the town of 3,023 capture more revenue from the more than 4 million visitors to the canyon each year.

Standard & Poor's raised its rating on Silver Cross Hospital in Illinois by one level to BBB as it prepares to pull its rating at the hospital's request.

Texas A&M University will take advantage of its top credit rating in a competitive sale of $289 million of Permanent University Fund bonds.

President Obama's proposed six-year transportation bill would give states more flexibility in tolling of existing roads and bridges.

A Kentucky attorney says there's no evidence to support a lawsuit on behalf of Paducah Power against Prairie State or its developer, Peabody Energy.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s revised estimates of the burden of complying with its main disclosure rule still inaccurate, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association told the commission in a new letter.

Moody’s Investors Service said it considers Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s appointment of a task force to look at local government consolidation and overhauling unfunded mandates to be a positive credit measure

Atlantic City, N.J. has received a 60-day extension on a $40 million state loan due on March 31 on the heels of an emergency manager report that suggested bond restructuring as a possible solution to boost the struggling city's finances.