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Connecticut receives $30 million in grants for restoration and resiliency to infrastructure in municipalities affected by Hurricane Sandy, Gov. Dannel Malloy announced.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie rejected proposed legislation aimed at improving accountability at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Beaumont Health, southeast Michigan's largest provider after a September merger with two local hospitals, is refunding $408 million of bonds in January for savings.

The York City School District in Pennsylvania is in receivership after a county judge approved a request by the state education department.

Washington's Performance Management Program has saved the state millions of dollars, according to a report from Gov. Jay Inslee's office.

2015 will bring a new Congress, with Republican majorities in both the House and the Senate and two new chairmen of the tax-writing committees.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 90-day and 181-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 0.040% high rate, down from 0.055% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.130% high rate, off from 0.155% the week before.

Tax reform, particularly corporate tax reform, is likely to be on the agenda in 2015, congressional observers said.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $30 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, "increased again in December," according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, released Monday.

A year after the Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down legislation authorizing $120 million for repairs to the state Capitol, the first bond issue of $50 million is going to market in January with the court's approval.

The municipal bond market was quiet on Monday going into the New Year holiday week after the Christmas holiday week.

Day Indicator Last Report Forecast Tuesday Consumer Confidence Nov.: 88.7 Dec.: 93.0 Wednesday Initial Jobless Claims 12/20: 280,000 12/27: 289,000 Wednesday Continuing Claims 12/13: 2.403M 12/20: 2.370M Wednesday Chicago PMI Nov.: 60.8 Dec.: 60.4 Wednesday Pending Home Sales Oct.: -1.1% Nov.: +0.5% Friday Construction Spending Oct.: +1.1% Nov.: +0.3% Friday ISM Manufacturing Nov.: 58.7 Dec.: 57.7

Dec. 29, 2014 Northeast: Plain/Insured GO Yield Curve* State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Connecticut Aa3/AA/AA 0.22 1.51 2.39 3.27 Delaware Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.18 1.33 2.1 2.93 Maine Aa2/AA/AA 0.19 1.37 2.18 3.05 Maryland Aaa/AAA/AAA 0.18 1.33 2.1 2.95 Massachusetts Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.2 1.42 2.25 3.11 New Hampshire Aa1/AA/AA+ 0.18 1.37 2.22 3.07 New Jersey A1/A/A 0.3 1.76 2.63 3.52 New York Aa1/AA+/AA+ 0.18 1.35 2.17 3.11 Pennsylvania Aa3/AA+/AA+ 0.2 1.55 2.41 3.25 Rhode Island Aa2/AA/AA 0.22 1.5 2.42 3.3 Vermont Aaa/AA+/AAA 0.18 1.34 2.12 2.97 Dist. of Columbia Aa2/AA/AA 0.2 1.45 2.32 3.21 Puerto Rico B2/BB/BB+ 7.83 9.33 9.05 7.65

12/26/2014 12/19/2014 State # Iss Amount ($000s) # Iss Amount ($000s) Chg in Amt ($000s) Connecticut 0 $0 0 $0 $0 Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 Maine 0 0 0 0 0 Maryland 0 0 0 0 0 Massachusetts 0 0 0 0 0 New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 New Jersey 1 13,808 1 13,808 0 New York 4 6,931 2 4,481 2,450 Pennsylvania 0 0 0 0 0 Rhode Island 1 593,655 1 593,655 0 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0

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