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Municipal bond market participants are returning to work on Monday looking at another chunky new issue calendar, topped by the return of Illinois with a multi-billion dollar bond offering that aims to pay off some of the state’s overdue bills.

Fitch and Kroll both raised Wisconsin's rating to AA-plus.

The board authorized Kobre & Kim to issue the subpoenas, as long as certain conditions, including the start of a "formal" investigation, had been met.

The primary muni market is set another busy week with $10 billion in new paper, as one deal from Illinois accounts almost half of the negotiated calendar.

The Illinois borrowing pitch highlights “improving” credit fundamentals and its position as the Midwest “powerhouse.”

The federal government ran an $8.0 billion surplus in September, the Treasury Department reported Friday.

BondWave LLC, announced the launch of Effi, a fixed income data warehouse platform aimed at bringing transparency to the marketplace.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says it has spent almost $1 billion, with more on the way.

Augusta’s economic development agency on Thursday signed off on a $130 million industrial revenue bond issue to fund Starbucks’ plant expansion.

Chicago's proposed budget makes incremental progress, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Few details have emerged yet about a tentative state budget deal that might help the capital city dodge bankruptcy.

Municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, according to traders, who are looking ahead to the next week's $10 billion new issue slate, which will be dominated by Illinois's $4.5 billion general obligation bond offering.

The district's financial advisor has proposed issuing $9.9 million in bonds this year, next year and in 2020, with a much larger $23.65 million bond in 2019.

In terms of support, the field of candidates was split in regards to the bond issue.

The Ocean State is divided over a deal to build a minor-league baseball stadium in Pawtucket.

Municipals are little changed in early activity as the market gets ready to take on the biggest deal of the year — next week’s $4.5 billion Illinois general obligation bond offering.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, fell to 3.98% from 4.02% last week.

The former police detective turned entrepreneur and actor takes aim at Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District voted to proceed with the WaterFix project, but attached some conditions.

Judge James Gibbons allowed the city to appeal immediately to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.