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It’s an uncomfortable topic, especially after a bruising round of accusations in the 1990s.

The city will see Monday if its retooled sales tax securitization issue is a go with the market.

"We've been playing games with the revenue estimates for decades," a former Treasury secretary tells the Oversight Board.

Muni volume in the last week of January is forecast to match that of the first three weeks combined, satisfying pent-up investor demand.

The proposed bond measure would get taxpayers to pay for lead paint abatement in California houses.

Municipal advisors would be subject to most of the same requirements as dealers under a proposed new advertising rule, but would be even more limited in certain ways.

Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Mark Warner, D-Va., introduced their bill to expand PABs the same day that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recommended such an expansion in its four-part infrastructure plan.

Milwaukee is selling $70 million of notes to speed up pension payments.

Municipal bond prices remain under pressure at midday as U.S. Treasury yields hit three-year highs and the market looks to next week's $7.17 billion slate.

Increased use of battery storage may further disrupt a public power industry already in transition, experts told municipal bond professionals.

A wave of U.S. catastrophes has northeast municipal issuers scrutinizing resiliency options and how to fund them.

Among the topics that most interested our readers were the negotiations around tax reform and the financial crises in Puerto Rico.

A state official cited the need to have special tax obligation bonds rated "on the bonds' own merits," distinct from the state's GOs.

The University of Michigan's preliminary January consumer sentiment index reading was 94.4 compared to the final December 95.9 reading, sources said.

Munis came under pressure as Treasuries weakened on concern over a possible government shutdown and traders looked ahead to a return to normal in deal volume next week.

The index's yield to maturity ticked up two basis points to 3.86%, while the 11-bond, 20-bond, and revenue bond indexes dipped a pair.

Investors concerned over the level of impairment to their Puerto Rico bonds may get some clarity on the commonwealth's cash balance at an Oversight Board hearing.

Loop Capital also priced refunding bonds for Cook County, Ill., in the negotiated market.

Calling his two-year budget "difficult but honest," Gov. Matt Bevin cut most state agency budgets by 6.25% and borrowed to fund reserves.

A bill was filed to put Ball State University in charge of the Muncie school district.