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The expiration of a federal highway bill could provide a catalyst for expanding bonds, according to former Senate Finance Committee tax counsel, Ryan Abraham.

Interest rates the district will pay on a recent $600 million deal are lower than it paid in its previous bond deal a year and a half ago.

Marybeth Frantz Orsini has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in the firm’s public finance group.

The new wave of bond issuance continued unabated as more sales priced on Wednesday.

llinois paper is looking more attractive when held up to Chicago city and Chicago Public Schools bonds, Citi analysts write.

Wisconsin will refund $622 million of taxable 2008 bonds in a sale that sheds swaps tied to Libor.

Municipal market participants got some comfort about their fraud liability if they act in good faith on interim financial disclosures.

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is in the ninth year of a 15-year, $14 billion capital program.

Spectrum Health System will consolidate its administrative offices into a central location.

Protesters targeted investors in prisons and Puerto Rico bonds at the Museum of Modern Arts' opening.

The South Carolina-owned utility redeemed $360 million as part of a two-year plan to reduce debt and stabilize electric rates for five years.

Arizona's Salt River Project will sell $436 million of new money power revenue bonds.

Although the supply/demand ratio is still lopsided, the recent surge had made things a little more balanced.

The public university in Ohio is refunding lease revenue debt as it continues to deal with enrollment declines.

Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation that would have created a commission to study adopting a machine-readable format for the state's financial documents.

The agencies aren't concerned about the ongoing strike, but the final contract will determine if Chicago Public Schools continues its slow rating progress.

Issuers will be looking to see what Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Jay Clayton says about disclosure.

The last of the week’s big new issues hit the screens on Thursday.

The municipal market will scrutinize the impact of the ultimate contract deal on the school district's books and the city's fiscal burdens.

The Florida Department of Transportation’s new legal challenges may determine the fate of the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority.