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The U.S. Treasury Department announced plans to maintain record debt sales.

The rating agency cited the city's financial position and the effectiveness of Connecticut's Municipal Accountability Review Board.

The new law lowers contribution rates for some agencies and allows them to opt out of the worst-funded pension plan in the country.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot reset the clock on release of the next year's budget forecast by moving the deadline one month later to the end of August.

It's uncertain whether Pedro Pierluisi's nomination to succeed Rossellówill pass the House.

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

Spendable cash and investments have nearly doubled since 2014, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded $492 million of bonds because of its revised criteria on special revenue debt.

The municipal market saw a a flurry of deals come and go on the day before the Federal Reserve will presumably cut interest rates.

After a short-lived retirement, Lyle Fitterer will join Baird Advisors as co-head the municipal investment team at the Milwaukee-based asset manager.

The National Association of Municipal Advisors wants SEC staff action to protect MAs and possible eventual rulemaking to create "regulatory parity" between MAs and broker-dealers.

The state brings two triple-A ratings to the competitive sale of $673 million of general obligation bonds.

The committee also unanimously voted Tuesday to reverse a planned $7.6 billion cut in highway spending that’s scheduled to take effect in a year.

All markets and investors are waiting to see how much the Fed will cut interest rates on Wednesday. Will it be 25 basis points or 50?

The complaint that seeks to void repayment of $14.3 billion of debt awaits a court decision on whether it can move forward.

The bill won praise from state departments of transportation, which rely on federal funding as they plan major projects that often include tax-exempt financing.

Clayton noted a trend of issuers being advised that information they supply on EMMA is subject to more anti-fraud scrutiny than information provided in other ways.

At its quarterly board meeting last week, the MSRB decided to do away with Rule G-34’s provision that all municipal advisors, whether dealer or non-dealer, have to apply for a CUSIP number in competitive sales.

As the FOMC gets set to meet on interest rates, municipal bond buyers will see supply heading in from the Golden State.

Proceeds will finance a 6.7-mile section of the North Tarrant Express to add four toll lanes to a section of Interstate 35 north of downtown Fort Worth.