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Initial claims for U.S. state unemployment benefits rose by 3,000 to 244,000 in the August 5 week, compared with expectations for a 240,000 level. There was a small upward revision to the claims level in the previous week.

Final demand PPI fell 0.1% in July, both including and excluding food and energy prices, compared with expectations for 0.2% gains for both, data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel told investors the city will soon launch the new debt issuance vehicle.

Top-quality municipal bonds finished stronger on Wednesday, traders said, as a few more deals hit the marketplace.

Bennet said six of the 90 counties qualifying for the designation are in Colorado.

SANDAG has faced controversy over missed revenue projections and a failed bond measure.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said Janet Yellen’s successor should consider holding press conference after every policy meeting, if she isn’t picked for a second term at the helm of the U.S. central bank.

Tuesday's Detroit mayoral primary results mean incumbent Mike Duggan will face challenger Coleman Young II in November.

Public charter schools would be eligible for federal funding in bills introduced in the Senate last week.

Stratford Shields, a long-time municipal finance professional, comes to Wells from RBC Capital Markets in Chicago.

Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said it would be “reasonable” to announce the roll-off of the central bank’s balance sheet next month, while cautioning that disappointing inflation data may delay interest-rate increases as technological disruption dampens price pressures.

The Treasury Department auctioned $23 billion of 10-year notes with a 2 1/4% coupon at a 2.250% high yield, a price of par.

Penobscot County, Maine, voters will not be asked until 2018 to fund renovations at Bangor's former YMCA building to ease jail overcrowding, according to County Commissioner Peter Baldacci.

Stafford, Texas, voters will be asked on Nov. 7 to approve a $62 million bond proposal that would include building a new middle school and administration building for the Stafford Municipal School District as well as a magnet school.

The end of a casino revenue sharing agreement impacts the city's credit, says S&P.

A Lackawanna County court says a state law that caps tax rates supersedes city home-rule provisions.

Year's end is the new target to launch the first segment of the Brightline train service.

Top-quality municipal bonds were stronger at midday, traders said, as the market was seeing a lull in issuance with only two major deals slated to hit the screens.

Some provisions in a judge's ruling that the city of El Paso can construct the $180 million multipurpose facility downtown — as long as it does not build it as a sports arena — are ambiguous and problematic, city attorneys said.

Voters in two school districts, Green Ridge R-VIII and Dresden R-XIII, went to the polls Tuesday to make their choices known in the special election.