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Analysts had mixed opinions on how the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority defined the responsibilities of the chief restructuring officer in a Tuesday announcement.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed a law that bans the handling of fracking waste for three years, pending further environmental research.

Market participants predict modest attention for the infrequent issuers slated to enter the municipal market on Wednesday as activity for the week continues at a slow pace.

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Georgia privately placed $26 million in bonds to finance the tolling system for a start-up express lane project south of Atlanta.

MMD was unchanged on Tuesday despite weakness in Wake County, N.C.'s general obligation pricing. While the deal came on top of MMD up to its 10-year maturities, spreads rose as high as 37 basis points above MMD between the deal's 12 and 20 year durations.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer unveiled an agreement with the city's Economic Development Corp. to provide vendor names, contract amounts and other info on the Checkbook NYC website.

A state fee on so-called "small tobacco" companies that were not part of a 1998 settlement with states' attorneys general is unconstitutional, a Texas appeals court ruled.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's proposal to extend its dealer pay-to-play rule to include municipal advisors contains provisions that would affect both dealer and non-dealer MAs, market participants said Tuesday.

Bond insurer Syncora Guarantee challenged Detroit's settlement with its unlimited-tax general obligation bondholders in court Tuesday, arguing that it means Detroiters will continue to pay taxes on a levy that they did not approve on the original ballot.

Fitch Ratings believes that a restructuring of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's (PREPA) debt obligations remains likely.

Wilmington Trust, an institutional client services and wealth advisory firm, has expanded its corporate trust business in its Boston office with the addition of three industry veterans from BNY Mellon.

States had $915 billion of unfunded pension benefits, $757 billion in outstanding public debt, and $577 billion of unfunded retire health care and other non-pension benefits in fiscal 2012, according to a report on States' Fiscal Health released by The Pew Charitable Trusts on Tuesday.

Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore typify how the 'eds and meds' presence of universities and hospitals can boost older cities' credit profiles, said Moody's.