Munis

_{Members of the Municipal Bonds for America coalition met with a White House official Wednesday.}

The University of Illinois and Illinois State University were downgraded by S&P Global Ratings.

JPMorgan is Chicago Public Schools' choice for the direct placement of $396.5 million of notes.

Residents of a Florida retirement community challenged its plans to issue tax-exempt bonds.

The bonds of 16 Arizona issuers are on Fitch Ratings positive watch due to a statutory lien law.

Pennsylvania's treasurer launched a transparency portal for the commonwealth's spending.

A muni-focused asset manager is offering its clients social impact investing options.

Chicago is offering stronger rated utility-backed bonds but like its GO they face credit strain from pensions.

The bus operator for 12 Dallas County school districts defaulted on its June 1 debt payment and faces a voter referendum on its continued existence.

Analysts see discrepancies in the quality of disclosure across different sectors of the market.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council leaders agreed on an $85.2 billion budget.

Two Illinois community colleges were downgraded by Moody’s because of the state's budget woes.

Illinois spreads widened as investor confidence waned that the state can resolve its budget deadlock.

The municipal market figures to get back to a more normal issuance level this week, giving participants an array of choices.

Municipal bonds remained stronger at mid-session along with U.S. Treasuries after the release of a mixed employment report for May.

Municipal bonds turned stronger with U.S. Treasuries on a mixed employment report for May.

Low interest rates make it easy to avoid pain from the SLGS suspension, according to market participants

Municipal bond traders will be looking at next week’s new issue calendar as they ponder the ramifications from Friday’s employment report for May.

Illinois received two downgrades Thursday, bringing it closer to a junk bond rating.

Top-rated municipal bonds ended mixed on Thursday as the last of the week’s bigger sales hit the screens.