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Frank Hoadley retired in 2013 after 25 years as Wisconsin's capital finance director during which he built a reputation as a standard bearer of state debt management.

Investors will be greeted Monday with an increase in supply with the new-issue calendar estimated at $5.941 billion, up from total sales of $1.700 billion.

Expected voter turnout for the midterm election will likely compel other cities to join Ontario, California, in placing tax and bond measures on November's ballot.

Political infighting ahead of November's local elections have left the finances of the state's capital in disarray and show no signs of abatement.

The indictment of Wanda Vázquez is the latest in a series of corruption charges against Puerto Rico politicians over the last 18 months.

Issuers praised the bill's climate provisions while muni market participants said it's unlikely to significantly hurt demand for tax-exempt paper.

Oklahoma's first utility securitization bond deal related to 2021's Winter Storm Uri continued to attract criticism from a state regulator who called for an independent review.

Investors poured $1.094 billion into municipal bond mutual funds in the latest week, versus the $236.491 million of inflows the week prior. It marks only the second time this year inflows eclipsed $1 billion.

Officials are aiming by fall to finalize a bond exchange offer that would restructure general obligation bonds and resolve a legal dispute with bondholders.

The sudden passing of Walorski and two of her staffers has left municipal market advocates and politicians stunned.

The agency overseeing what has been called the country's most expensive infrastructure project hopes to secure $8 billion in federal dollars and $4.2 billion of state borrowing for the first leg of the bullet train.

The future outlook now is much more fragile, the Citizens Budget Commission said.

The mediation team can operate until Sept. 9, if it chooses to do so.

The Investment Company Institute reported investors pulled $246 million out of muni bond mutual funds in the week ending July 27 compared to the $602 million of outflows in the previous week.

Hospitals can expect more than $2.6 billion of in additional payments under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services program, but some say that is not enough.

A study commissioned by Orem, Utah, found that creating a school district within the city's boundaries is feasible.

The report from Senate Homeland Security Committee ranking member Rob Portman, R-Ohio, details China's campaign to infiltrate the Federal Reserve. But even amid rising tensions between the U.S. and China, response to the report has been muted.

Since 2011, the city has issued about $5.6 billion of debt, with the most issuance occurring in 2021 when it sold $785 million.

The proposal may be less feasible for certain types of trades, market participants said, especially larger trades.

Miller Canfield principals voted to put Jeffrey Aronoff on its leadership board.