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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services raised its long-term and underlying rating to AA-minus from A-plus on White Settlement, Texas' existing general obligation bonds.

Bexar County plans to refund $332.7 million of bonds backed by venue and car rental taxes. The previously issued debt financed improvements to AT&T Center sports arena and San Antonio's tourism projects.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's proposal to require muni dealers to seek the most favorable price possible when executing transactions for most investors.

Maryland will delay bidding for two months on its $2.45 billion Purple Line P3 project so new governor can review.

Moody's Investors Service has shifted its outlook to positive from stable on Illinois-based Blessing Hospital's A3 rating in recognition of strong growth on its investments.

Moody's Investors Service has revised its outlook on Central Minnesota Municipal Power Agency's A3 rating to positive from stable as the agency makes progress on a high voltage transmission line project and its members have seen improved credit quality.

New York's MTA awards $194M contract to Judlau Contracting to rehabilitate the South Ferry station and fortify it from extreme flooding.

Photos from The Bond Buyer's 13th annual gala, held at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan December 4, 2014.

The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District is selling $412 million of mostly new-money bonds Tuesday as part of a capital plan to upgrade its sewers to meet federal standards.

Atlanta unions have filed for an appeal of the Fulton County Superior Court's Nov. 10 ruling that tossed their lawsuit challenging the city's landmark pension reform package.

Oregon's Port of Morrow is selling $189 million of revenue bonds for the Bonneville Power Administration this week.

Connecticut Treasurer Denise L. Nappier will receive the Chicago-based Women in Public Finance Founders Award for lifetime achievement with the group's "She's Our Hero" award going to Monika Suarez at Western Alliance Bank in Los Angeles and the "Rising Star" award going to Jessica Akey, of the state of Illinois.

Stephen Cushman, a longtime activist, has been named chairman of the San Diego Convention Center Corp. board of directors.

While the municipal bond market is looking at almost $12 billion in new supply this week, total volume for this year is piling up and slowing closing in on 2013 levels.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it revised its outlook on New Hampshire to stable from negative and affirmed its AA long-term rating on the state's general obligation bonds.

A cross harbor freight movement project proposal from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey would be a positive for the regional economy, but more clarity is needed on how the initiative would be financed, according to a new Fitch Ratings report released Monday.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed, as the three-months incurred a 0.025% high rate, unchanged from 0.025% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.090% high rate, up from 0.075% the week before.

More than 16 years after Dallas voters approved $246 million of bonds for development of parks and a "parkway" between the levees of the Trinity River, the city still has work to do. The "parkway" has become a proposed high-speed toll road whose financing is still undetermined. Meanwhile, bond money is continuing to build bridges, trails and nature centers in the 10,000-acre area designated as the Trinity River Corridor.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $50 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

Consumers' view of inflation expectations held steady in November, with buyers expecting 3.0% inflation over the course of one year and three years, according to the Survey of Consumer Expectations, released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday.