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The Securities and Exchange Commission said that new technology and investigative techniques led to a strong fiscal 2014 enforcement year, including municipal bond cases.

Louisiana will sell $675 million of bonds next month if a dispute over a year-end surplus clears up and ratings can be obtained.

The Penn Institute for Urban Research will host the discussion, on urban fiscal policy and public pensions on Nov. 11 in Philadelphia.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Atlantic City parking fee and Atlantic City fund revenue bonds, series 2005A and 2005B, to Ba3 from Baa3.

The mayor of bankrupt San Bernardino and the city's police union both claim the other side attempted to violate the terms of a tentative contract agreement reached in confidential mediations.

Pittsburgh plans to come to market next week with a refunding of $70 million in general obligation bonds in two series.

Moody's Investor’s Service returned Vadnais Heights, Minn.'s general obligation bonds to low investment grade, now that a resolution is in place on $27 million of bonds that defaulted after the city failed to honor a pledge on a sports complex.

States are still providing less per-pupil funding for schools from kindergarten to 12th grade than they did before the 2008 financial crisis, a report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found Thursday.

Agreement on multi-year federal highway bill possible in post-election congressional session, Transportation Secretary Foxx says.

The N.C. Eastern Municipal Power Agency's outlook is positive due to the pending sale of its assets to Duke Energy Progress, Moody's said.

The Phoenix City Council has approved a $103 million construction contract for the first phase of a $590 million renovation of Terminal 3 at Sky Harbor International Airport.

Sound fiscal practices are vital for Pennsylvania's distressed cities, regardless of how long they stay in the state-sponsored Act 47 workout program, analysts say. A new law will limit cities' stay in Act 47.

Detroit reached a settlement with FGIC, the last major holdout creditor in its bankruptcy case, that gives the bond insurer a mix of cash and prime downtown Detroit land to build a new hotel and condominiums.

Public officials who have traditionally believed that they are safe from Securities and Exchange Commission action if they avoid exchanges of favor should think again in the face of increased SEC focus on anti-corruption efforts, former commission enforcement lawyer Peter Chan said.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan hired former New York City budget director Carol O'Cleireacain as a deputy mayor. She will find new revenue, work on the city's emergence from bankruptcy and on the restructuring of its massive water and sewer department.

Yields in municipals have begun to retrace some of their early week gains on the long end.

The State of Washington sold $934 million of general obligation refunding bonds on Wednesday to garner $137 million in net present value savings.

As California Treasurer Bill Lockyer nears the end of his tenure, he talks about some of the biggest challenges he's faced, and the ones that still lie ahead for the Golden State.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $7 billion 30-year inflation-indexed notes on Oct. 23.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $24 billion 91-day bills and $30 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.