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Another week of modest muni volume is expected, as issuers offer more chunks of taxable bonds.

Topics that interested our listeners the most last year spanned the spectrum from the local to the national, ranging from New York City finances to federal tax reform legislation, and from advances in technology affecting the municipal bond market to current trends impacting the industry.

The city brings a $215 million sewer revenue bond deal to market Wednesday and returns next month with a GO sale.

The Ohio Turnpike and Transportation Commission is selling $72 million of senior-lien bonds and $415 million of junior-lien bonds.

Mayors are concerned the federal government is going to contribute far less funding to infrastructure projects.

The "transformative" effect of landing the second Amazon headquarters is likely to help the economy of the winning government, according to S&P.

With rotation of voters, tax reform, and an uptick in a key inflation measure, there’s still much at issue in a Fed meeting where no rate hike is expected.

Next week’s slip in supply may increase demand for municipal bonds slated to hit the market.

The increasing saturation of the Northeast market with casinos bodes poorly for states expecting tax windfalls, analysts said.

A task force wants New Jersey to issue $400 million of GO bonds to upgrade aging water systems.

The municipal bond market is mostly breathing a sigh of relief after it has had time to digest the possible effects of new U.S. tax legislation, according to a report.

The value of U.S. durable goods orders surged by 2.9% in December, well ahead of expectations for a 0.9% gain due to a 7.4% jump in transportation orders.

Fourth quarter GDP rose 2.6% in the advance estimate, slower than the 3.0% pace expected.

In the week ended Jan. 25, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index rose to 3.88% from 3.86% the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

In his final State of the State speech, Jerry Brown reiterated support for water transfer tunnels, high speed rail, and the projects funded by a new gas tax.

The post-hurricane fiscal plan assumes that Puerto Rico will get a substantial amount of federal aid, but doesn’t include it in its calculation of available resources.

As Pennsylvania prepares to sell $1.39 billion of tobacco bonds next week, Invesco released a report that highlights reasons investors should own tobacco bonds.

Oil appears to be making a steady comeback, lifting prospects for the key producing states, according to Fitch Ratings.

A “sensibly priced” deal from a New York issuer was snapped up by buyers on Thursday as municipals weakened slightly in secondary trading.

The California Water Commission sent all 11 applicants for water storage bond money back to the drawing board.