Munis

The unused allocations stand at $150.3 million for governmental bodies and $179.36 million for cooperative electric companies.

Chicago Public Schools borrowed $500 million after doubling the size of its GO offering.

Allegations of fiscal mismanagement landed a California school district on negative watch.

Boulder, Colo. hopes to succeed where many other local governments have failed.

Since 2013, the Tupelo, Miss., and Lee County school districts have made major additions and improvements to their school campuses. Besides the obvious benefits of those construction projects to the school districts, the improvements have pumped nearly $40 million total into the local economy and employed hundreds of local residents.

New York City's comptroller called for a $3.5 billion bond measure to fund mass transit improvements.

Municipal market participants will get back to work and find their hands full, with $9 billion of new issuance forecast for the primary market.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch used a big second quarter to overtake Citi at the top of the municipal league tables, while Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets and Goldman Sachs moved up in the first half rankings.

Top-shelf municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, according to traders, who were looking ahead to next week’s hefty new issue slate. Ipreo estimates volume at $9.29 billion, consisting of $7.94 billion of negotiated deals and $1.35 billion of competitive sales.

Municipal bond traders are finishing up a sleepy week where very little happened in the secondary and the primary was even quieter.

Traffic and revenue on new managed lanes in Dallas fell below expectations in their first year.

Two House lawmakers reintroduce the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act.

Top rated municipal bonds ended weaker on Thursday, traders said, as only a few smaller-sized bond sales hit the primary market.

A state senator is seeking authority to issue $450M in general obligation bonds to pay for voting machines.

Oregon will issue more than $100 million in state bonds to keep the Elliott State Forest in public hands and another $50 million to help the University of Oregon build a new science complex named after its most famous graduate.

An appeals court ruling favored a Mississippi county in its dispute with Assured Guaranty.

Chicago Public Schools sent $467 million to the teachers' pension fund as required Friday.

Muni analysts pointed to June's uptick in volume as a sign that issuance may start to rebound.

Top shelf municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session as traders prepared for next week’s almost non-existent new issue calendar. Ipreo estimates volume at $130.4 million, down from a revised total of $6.02 billion sold this week, according to updated data from Thomson Reuters.

The Indiana Finance Authority approved its takeover of a struggling highway public-private partnership.