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WINDHAM, Conn. — The board of finance Wednesday gave its seal of approval for a $112.3 million appropriation and bonding for the Windham High School building project.

Victoria school board members agreed late Thursday night to ask voters in November to approve a $141.2 million capital improvement plan.

After pondering — and in some cases wrestling — with the proposed bond issue, the Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees approved calling a Nov. 7 bond issue election for $291,172,291 during a special meeting Thursday.

The region's slipping volume reflected a national trend.

Ipreo estimates total bond volume for next week at $4 billion, down from a revised total of $5.9 billion this week, according to data from Thomson Reuters. Next week’s calculations do not include note sales.

The Leander, Texas, school board Thursday night unanimously approved putting before voters in November a $454 million bond package, the first in 10 years.

The State Bond Commission Thursday gave authority to start seeking loans on the second phase of a massive LSU project that includes a mixed-use development on Nicholson Drive and tearing down 52-year-old Kirby Smith Hall dormitory.

Mineral Wells City Council, Texas, on Tuesday unanimously set Nov. 7 as the day residents can decide the outcomes of three proposed capital improvement projects.

South Haven is poised to receive drainage relief.

Part of the reason for munis' gains may be the reduction in issuance as governments wait for a federal infrastructure plan.

The University of Michigan's preliminary August consumer sentiment index reading was 97.6, compared to the final July 93.4, and the preliminary July 93.1, according to market sources.

Muni traders on Friday are looking ahead to next week’s lighter new issue slate, which will be dominated by a note deal, rather than a bond sale.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will join European Central Bank President Mario Draghi in Jackson Hole, Wyo., next week, setting the stage for a potentially revealing debate over the common challenges facing the world’s two most powerful central banks.

The council, which was still being formed, would have advised Trump on his plan to spend as much as $1 trillion upgrading roads, bridges and other public works.

In the week ended Aug. 17, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index was steady at 4.01% from the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

Top-rated municipal bonds ended mixed on Thursday, traders said, as the last big deals of the week came to market.

The nonpartisan watchdog calls for a labor-management committee to explore cost-cutting

Illinois' school aid logjam may hurt the ratings of some vulnerable districts in the coming months, Moody's said.

The SEC's query followed the start of an audit that led the IRS to find the bonds were taxable.

The $358 million deal saw net present value savings of 9.46%, among the highest the state has seen.