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City tours, panel discussions, and remarks from the mayor and chief financial officer are planned.

PHC not seeking financial damages, instead wants permanent injunction to cease alleged conduct.

“I think there’s enough demand for Illinois bonds," said Vikram Rai, head of Citi's municipal strategy group.

The state's GOs recovered by 20 basis points or more late Thursday and into Friday, but a promised appeal hangs over the credit.

Lori Lightfoot is eyeing new taxes, debt refinancing, and state action to help close a $838 million gap.

Lori Lightfoot's Aug. 29 speech comes one month ahead of the city's annual investors' conference.

Nuveen and AllianceBernstein say Warlander Asset Management may be using the lawsuit to generate an "enormous profit" from credit default swaps.

Post trial briefs are the next step after the two-day trial wrapped up in Preston Hollow Capital's lawsuit accusing Nuveen of a banker boycott.

Top Preston Hollow Capital and Nuveen officials take to the witness stand.

The two-day trial in PHC’s antitrust lawsuit against Nuveen is set to begin unless the two sides reach a last-minute settlement.

The suit is "a policy paper masquerading as a complaint," the state says, but it may still push up Illinois' borrowing costs while it is active.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, her finance team, and sister agencies will provide in-person fiscal updates at the city's annual investors' conference.

The case's primary claim of anti-trust violations is potentially headed to trial later this month.

The evolution of the lawsuit has opened wide the window into high-yield stakes in the municipal industry and laid bare the relationships between broker-dealers and Nuveen.

The unnamed governmental entity is seeking recordings that are the subject of recently unsealed transcripts in Preston Hollow Capital’s defamation and antitrust lawsuit against Nuveen. Meanwhile, additional transcripts between Nuveen and Morgan Stanley/Goldman Sachs are now public.

Illinois is the only state that has not yet published its fiscal 2018 comprehensive annual financial report and officials don't have an estimated release date.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot tapped aviation finance chief Reshma Soni for comptroller and elevated debt manager Jack Brofman to deputy CFO.

While the best case scenario is a court dismissal, analysts think the state would support bondholders should the case goes against them.

Municipal managers and analysts say the new quarter will see less volatility and more opportunity for value and upside potential.

The recorded conversations document Nuveen's efforts to choke off Preston Hollow's access to capital and block what it considered predatory lending practices.