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Sentencing for convicted bid-rigger David Rubin has been pushed back until Feb. 3 and for Mark Zaino until Feb. 11, while Alexander Wright received a light sentence and James Hertz only had to pay $300 in fees.

The North Carolina State Employees Association filed a public records request to investigate the $83 billion Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System.

Maine's municipalities have responded in several ways to Maine government's cut in state aid since 2008, a report said.

More state transportation P3 projects are on the horizon for 2014 due to declines in state and federal funding streams, Fitch said in a report

A municipal market that traders describe as quietly firm awaits the arrival of the week's new-issue calendar.

The federal government ran a $53.2 billion surplus in December, the Treasury Department reported Monday.

New Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine wants to dismantle a $1.2 billion mixed-use development that includes renovating the city's aged convention center.

Mediators in Detroit's bankruptcy case unveiled a tentative plan created by a group of local and national foundations that have already raised $330M that could be used for some of the bankrupt city's unfunded pensions – as long as the city promises to preserve its storied art collection.

Oregon Treasurer Ted Wheeler said he won't approve the issuance of over $1.5 billion bonds for the Columbia River Crossing project until there is more certainty on toll collections.

Moody's Investors Service said it has upgraded the Lexington County Rural Recreation District, S.C.'s general obligation rating to Aa1 from Aa2.

The Phoenix area will see its light rail system grow with this week's $115 million of sales tax-backed bonds.

Seeking to avoid debt wherever possible, state lawmakers are searching high and low for money to repair their aging capitols in the wake of recession.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's municipal securities office added another attorney advisor to its ranks when former McGuireWoods LLP lawyer Cori Shepherd joined in December.

The year 2014 should provide a transition, with GDP growing 2.5% to 3.0% this year, setting the stage for further tapering, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Lockhart said Monday.

Minnesota delayed $468 million of state general fund appropriation bonds for a new Minnesota Vikings football stadium due to the 11th hour filing of litigation that challenges the financing arrangement.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 0.035% high rate, down from 0.055% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.055% high rate, down from 0.080% the week before.

Americans' expectations of inflation and home prices haven't changed in the past few months, according to the initial Survey of Consumer Expectations by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $15 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

The municipal bond market has continued on its course Monday, with yields firming beyond the front end of the curve.

The future of the Philadelphia School District's speculative-grade credit will be determined by four factors in the next six to 12 months, Moody's Investors Service said.