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Former Cobb County Chairman Tim Lee was fond of calling the decision to build a taxpayer-funded stadium for the Atlanta Braves the "biggest economic development deal in our county's history."

The SEC's Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee has liquidity on the agenda for its first open meeting, scheduled for Jan. 11.

The latest estimate for Linn County's future Public Health and Child and Youth Development Services building has increased by more than 50 percent — from $20 million earlier this year to $31.5 million.

The USDOT's approval of the allocation triggered threats from opponents that legal action will be taken.

The Treasury Department Wednesday auctioned $13 billion of one-year 10-month floating rate notes with a high discount margin of 0.035%, at a 0.048% spread, a price of 100.023603.

Yields have gone further south as minimal action occurs in the primary and the secondary, with most market participants on hiatus until after the New Year.

Texas service sector activity “continued to increase in December,” according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey, as the revenue index held at 24.4.

The consumer confidence index decreased to 122.1 in December from a revised 128.6 last month, The Conference Board reported Wednesday.

Pending home sales rose 0.2% to an index reading of 109.5 in November, from an unrevised 3.5% gain to 109.3 in October.

The market shouldn't expect a lot of rulemaking in 2018, but there will still be plenty of regulatory developments to look out for.

Regulators will focus on helping dealers and municipal advisors comply with recently adopted rules and will also monitor how tax reform legislation impacts muni market practices.

The new tax law and imminent scarcity threaten to change market dynamics for muni buyers in 2018.

Municipal bonds strengthened Tuesday as the primary market shifted to holiday mode after breaking the December record for issuance.

The project to protect environmentally sensitive areas like the Florida Everglades from toxic algae could cost close to $2 billion.

The number of people employed in Puerto Rico during November fell 1.8% from July.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $26 billion of two-year notes with a 1 7/8% coupon at a 1.922% yield, a price of 99.908366.

When primary voters in Lake Zurich head to the polls in March, they'll have a chance to decide whether officials at Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 should spend $77.6 million on large-scale upgrades to school buildings.

The Hawaii Tourism Authority has fallen short of making its full state reimbursement for the Hawai'i Convention Center for the past two years.

Finance Director Lynne Barrett is finalizing a plan for paying off the $48 million debt the town incurred when its force sewer main collapsed two years ago this month.

The Regional Transportation Authority of Northeastern Illinois and its three service boards remain starved for new state capital dollars as 2018 marks a fourth year without an infusion of state help.