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Highways and Transportation Authority collections are also behind expectations.

Conditions under a recently announced temporary exemption are narrow, SEC staff said, despite push back from dealers.

Washington State pulled a note deal after a glitch resulted in two-thirds of bidders not seeing a couponing instruction.

Despite the coronavirus wrecking havoc all over the world and with the brunt of the damage occurring in the second quarter of the year, municipal bond issuers have sold just over $23 billion more than they did at this time last year.

The top 10 saw three firms that were not in it last year and only one firm remained in the same position compared to the previous year's first six months.

Federal funding will cover the replacement of the Bourne and Sagamore bridges, with ownership to transfer to the Massachusetts DOT upon completion.

Financial advisors in the municipal bond market accounted for $159.85 billion so far in 2020, more than the $138.61 billion in the first six months of 2019. There was only one change in the top-five year-over-year.

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Municipals showed strength Tuesday in the face of new supply as long yields dipped as much as two basis points.

Restoration of tax-exempt advance refunding might be inserted into the Senate's coronavirus relief package.

Analysts had mixed reactions on what could have caused the decline, pointing to some municipalities closing out their fiscal years at the end of June.

Dag Detter, an investment advisor and former president of the Swedish government's holding company, explores creative ways for U.S. states and cities to improve their finances. Paul Burton hosts.

Puerto Rico faces an uphill battle for recovery — what should happen and what will happen in the coming years for the island is in one word: uncertain.

Municipals finished little changed ahead of this week's new-issue slate while retail investors are coming back into the market.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board has saluted the privatization deal.

Texas reported June revenues improved from May, but still down year-over-year.

UMB claims the bonds for the Kansas hotel project are in default because the developer failed to secure a $52 million loan required by the bond indenture.

The Bi-State Development Agency, which manages St. Louis public transit, took a two-notch downgrade from S&P Global Ratings over the pandemic's impacts.

The Oversight Board welcomed the decisions and one litigant attorney said they would be appealed.