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The one-notch upgrade to AA-minus for Oklahoma's flagship university was assigned to an upcoming approximately $160.7 million bond refunding.

Chicago Public Schools went to market this week with nearly $1.1 billion of refunding bonds in the largest municipal transaction the district ever completed.

Overall, the top underwriters saw minor shuffling in the first three quarters and no new firms entered the top 10.

The bankruptcy judge suggested Jackson Hospital and Clinic may be closed if it doesn't propose a plan of adjustment before the end of the calendar year.

"The knee-jerk reaction of the markets to the Fed meeting (and press conference) was to sell stocks and bonds, because [Fed] Chairman Jerome Powell said that an additional rate cut in December wasn't a sure thing," said Northlight Asset Management Chief Investment Officer Chris Zaccarelli.

Kutak Rock has added four veteran public finance attorneys and opened offices in Columbus and Cleveland, the firm said Tuesday.

The Virginia Governor's race could put Democrats in charge of all three branches in the Old Dominion, as Abigail Spanberger goes up against Winsome Earle-Sears who has floated tapping the state's rainy-day fund to prop up Medicaid.

Approval by Doña Ana County of $165 billion of industrial revenue bonds for a massive data center project is being challenged in state court.

New York boasts four of the top 10 issuers, followed by California and Alabama, each with two, and one apiece for Wisconsin and Massachusetts.

After Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested its superintendent, Des Moines Public Schools is taking a $265 million GO bond measure to voters.

The softer-than-expected September consumer price index report, released Friday, reinforced confidence in the likelihood of a Fed rate cut at its October meeting and potentially at its December meeting, said Tom Kozlik, managing director and head of public policy and municipal strategy at HilltopSecurities.

Illinois' Grand Prairie Water Commission went to market Monday in a debut deal as it builds infrastrcture linking the Joliet area with Chicago's water system.

Contractors that have been absorbing cost increases in fixed-price projects may insist on the more flexible pricing built into progressive design-build delivery models.

Jeff Lipton begins his role as The Bond Buyer's Market Intelligence Analyst with an examination of how evolving federal policy, shifting credit conditions and market inefficiencies shape municipal risk — and where disciplined analysis can uncover value.

Analyst and market strategist Jeff Lipton joins the team to deliver clarity and thoughtful guidance to a market witnessing evolving complexities — connecting policy moves, credit shifts and investment behavior to help our readers navigate what comes next.

Moody's cited the school's weakening liquidity levels in its downgrade.

The Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is facing federal deadlines after a series of fires. 

Gilmore & Bell and Nixon Peabody were new entrants in the top 10, bumping Greenberg Traurig and Bracewell to the top 15.

Voters will decide the fate of 447 bond propositions totaling a record $83.7 billion with development-related districts accounting for most of the debt.