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The downgrade affected $38.4 million of general obligation debt.

State balance sheets were driven by a new accounting standard that require reporting pension obligations.

Chicago is expected to take advantage of the new debt vehicle authorized in the Illinois budget.

Top-quality municipal bonds finished unchanged on Thursday, traders said, as more deals came to market in the last big push of the week.

It's two downgrades this week for Connecticut's troubled capital city.

The county’s 25-year, $339 million refunding sold with an all-in, true-interest cost of 3.38%.

Former Ramapo, N.Y. town supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence is arguing he should either be acquitted or retried because of errors by the judge made before and during the trial as well as prejudice from jurors who found him guilty of 20 counts of conspiracy and fraud in connection with municipal bonds issued by the town and an authority.

The federal government ran an $90.2 billion deficit in June, the Treasury Department reported Thursday.

The U.S. DOT hasn't taken requests for $500 million of TIGER grants for FY-2017, which ends Sept. 30.

The Treasury Department Thursday auctioned $12 billion of 29-year 10-month bonds with a 3% coupon at a 2.936% high yield, a price of 101.261161.

While claiming he will keep an open mind, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Rob Kaplan reiterated he would like to see inflation rise before the next rate hike.

Uncertainty affected school and university budget planning in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

A new case will be brought against Silver, says the acting U.S. attorney.

Costly mandates and aging infrastructure are among the challenges S&P cited.

As the crisis in Puerto Rico continues to drag on, Paul Kwiatkowski, managing director at Kroll Bond Rating Agency discusses the differences between municipal and corporate creditors in bankruptcies and how we can look back at Detroit for clues on how things might turn out. Hosted by Aaron Weitzman.

The project, linking the island's west side to past downtown Honolulu on the island's leeward side, was once expected to be completed in 2019.

Top-quality municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, traders said, as more deals came to market.

The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet will be reduced substantially, but not to the $1 billion level from before the financial crisis, Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen said.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $39 billion 91-day bills and $33 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

Municipal bond traders are set to see more deals head their way on Thursday as the market will see the last big sales of the week hit the screens.