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Hartford's council authorized an agreement for the state to pay the city's debt over two decades while accepting state oversight.

Municipal bond buyers are seeing some supply hit the market on Tuesday as they look ahead to next week for the biggest deal of the year to date.

Moody's boosted the university to A1, an event that may have been overshadowed by the men's basketball team's Final Four run.

As muni investors looked ahead to another week of limited supply, a report from BlackRock recommended taking a flexible strategy.

The latest proposed fiscal plan may allow up to 29.4% of debt to be paid through fiscal year 2023.

The city has underfunded pensions and plans to increase spending to support its school district.

Some of the oomph for multifamily housing bonds comes from additional federal funding for public housing agencies which are partners in these bond deals while the remainder comes from programmatic changes in the law.

Panelists at the national bond summit in Miami discuss how communities can address climate change and new transportation modes.

$44 million bond issue now includes Jefferson Gymatorium addition

The municipal bond market on Monday is eyeing this week's small holiday calendar of new issues, which is dominated by taxable deals.

The Constitution State is bringing the largest negotiated deal to a supply starved market this week — although the state is faced with fiscal challenges, it hopes the big sale satisfies investors, during a time when munis are attractive but supply is scarce.

The credit unions say that Puerto Rico used fraud and pressure to get them to buy the government bonds.

The nonprofit hospital chain expects significant savings even though it must issue taxable debt to refund tax-exempt bonds.

Municipals will see yet another week of sub-$4 billion issuance, as taxables take the top spot on the calendar.

City and state groups credited Congress for supporting programs the administration wanted zeroed out, including the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Grants program, which will get $2.6 billion.

The Philadelphia School District received approval for the framework of a 5% budget increase from its lame duck governing body.

Detroit's affordable housing plan would give developers access to private activity bonds associated with Michigan’s 4% tax credit program.

A day after seeing the market rally and strengthen by five basis points on the long end, munis were quiet and flat ahead of another week of lackluster volume.

The state, after multiple rating downgrades and facing budget strife, declining revenue and a pension funding dispute, plans a GO new-money and refunding sale.

Congress' deficit-raising actions have made it more likely that munis would be targeted for cuts to raise revenues in infrastructure or other future bond-related legislation.