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"Despite a pick-up in volatility in the rates market, municipals have been performing relatively well in October," according to Barclays PLC.

A Rhode Island GO deal pricing next week includes $100 million for public schools; a measure on the ballot in November would authorize $250 million more.

The nation's largest not-for-profit health system returns to the market with a mix of new money and refunding debt offering tax-exempts and taxables.

The Kansas Corporation Commission approved a $92.7 million securitization for Atmos Energy. It had already approved $328 million for Kansas Gas Service.

States and locals need to move fast to capitalize on the value of upfront funding provided in the infrastructure law, Biden administration officials said.

We believe our industry should coalesce around objective measures of ESG "risk" and leave the"impact" considerations to the investors and their proxies. Buy-side participants should welcome this as they structure impact strategies to match their clients' needs.

Maryland Heights, Missouri, believes the fiscal strains from the St. Louis Blues practice facility will fade as activity picks up without pandemic restrictions.

Refinitiv Lipper reported $2.262 billion of outflows from municipal bond mutual funds for the week ending Wednesday after $2.057 billion the week prior.

An audience poll during the National Association of Bond Lawyers' Workshop indicated that offering and disclosure fraud were among the highest concerns for the muni market.

Issuers should expect to see an increased presence of IRS agents as the service's Tax-Exempt Bond office completes a round of hiring and the IRS budget grows.

California is looking to pioneer the floating wind technology that's required in the deep waters where roughly two-thirds of the country's offshore wind potential exists.

Even without formal rules tailored to the municipal market, ESG integration will likely come to the muni market faster than expected.

The Investment Company Institute reported $5.128 billion of outflows for the week ending Oct. 5 after $5.374 billion of outflows the previous week.

The Minnesota municipal bond vet will continue his focus on charter school finance in Florida.

The credit outlook on individual credits in Florida is mixed as the first reports of damage from the hurricane start filtering in.

Partisan politics is playing a larger role in public finance, flaring up into bickering more often than in the past.

The dollars mark the second of five years of increased state highway funding promised under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

The rating outlook boost to positive from stable follows recent progress on steadying reserve rates and paying down debt, S&P said.

Munis are in the black so far in October and some participants see signs of continued improvement.

The proposed county budget, buoyed by rising tax revenues, a healthy fund balance and pandemic relief, stays the course on supplemental pension funding.