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Chicago's 2017 CAFR offers deep dive into Chicago's fiscal gains and deeper strains.

The San Francisco-based broker-dealer is expanding its offerings into taxables, coinciding with an increase in issuance in that space.

“Nassau County is in a fiscal crisis bordering on a fiscal emergency,” said the new Comptroller Jack Schnirman.

Ipreo estimates weekly bond volume at $9.2 billion, consisting of $7.5 billion of negotiated deals and $1.7 billion of competitive sales.

Governor is setting up the appointment of a new executive director at a salary lower than one announced Wednesday.

CPS inches up speculative grade credit ladder, which in turn helps garner Chicago a stable outlook.

Twenty-three years after hitting rock bottom, D.C. has a triple-A rating.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, dipped to 3.96% from 3.97% the week before.

MSU plans to issue roughly $784 million of bonds, $450 million of which will be used to cover settlement costs from the sexual abuse scandal involving Larry Nassar.

Munis finished mixed as California State, Los Angeles Airport and L.A. County Facilities Inc. hit the market.

The action follows a resignation by the PREPA executive director and pressure from the governor.

The deposit exceeds some pre-budget estimates that the fund would receive $14 million, said Gov. Tom Wolf.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage angered many muni market participants last month with a last-second cancellation of already-priced bonds, but is that the end of the story?

City officials say the bond will help create new and preserve existing affordable housing in response to the shortage in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The federal government ran a $74.9 billion deficit in June, the Treasury Department reported Thursday.

Kristin Stephens of UBS explores recent trends in the municipal bond world in relation to the impact on the buyer base. Knowing what the concerns are and what structures appeal is also an important aspect of the of the sell side. John Hallacy is the host.

The Philadelphia Parking Authority, already under state scrutiny for costing public schools nearly $78 million of revenues because of mismanagement, is now a focus of the city’s new fiscal watchdog.

The U.S. Supreme Court case heightens the risks for Georgia, because authorities could be forced to borrow to build alternate water systems.

New York City’s Department of Finance continues to pay businesses that owe millions of dollars in past due taxes, according to an audit by Comptroller Scott Stringer.

Municipals were mixed at mid-session as the last of the week’s big deals came to market, led by a bond offering out of California and a note sale from Colorado.