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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards called a special session to continue work on the state budget.

Connecticut-based insurance behemoth Aetna confirmed relocation talks with other states.

A California company will use private activity bonds to spin rice straw into a construction product.

Top-rated municipal bonds were mixed at midday as the market was seeing the last of the week’s bigger sales hit the screens.

New Jersey Economic Development Authority cigarette tax bonds were revised to negative by S&P Global Ratings.

Prospects are bleak for a breakthrough on Illinois’ two-year-old state budget stalemate.

Bankruptcy is no cure for junk-rated Chicago Schools’ fiscal ills, says schools chief Forrest Claypool.

Chicago's departing budget chief says budget gains will help the city resolve its pension problems.

June, July, and August are projected to set a new record for redemption season, generating more than $100 billion of proceeds from called and maturing bonds.

Pennsylvania's proposed gambling expansion would have limited upside, said Moody's Investors Service.

Austin plans to sell at least $50 million of bonds to resolve a default on airport hotel debt.

Municipal bonds were stronger on Friday as the market looks ahead to next week’s holiday-lite new issue slate. Secondary trading will end early ahead of the long holiday weekend.

Illinois is trying to block efforts to put Medicaid providers on par with debt service payments.

Municipal bonds finished narrowly mixed on Thursday as traders began winding up business for the week. There were no major bond sales pricing in the primary on Thursday or Friday and muni yields are expected to remain in a tight range ahead of the long holiday weekend.

Chicago's school board advanced plans to sell $900 million of short-and-long term debt.

Municipal bond traders are putting the finishing touches on the week as no major bond sales are set to price in the primary on Thursday and muni yields are expected to remain in a tight range ahead of the long holiday weekend.

San Diego’s city attorney criticized a ballot initiative to transform the city's old football stadium into a soccer-anchored development.

New Jersey’s long-delayed American Dream project is poised to price a $1.15 billion bond sale.

Bondholders will provide a loan to bankrupt Oconee Regional Medical Center even as they stand to lose on their bond investments.

New Indiana law paves the way for state oversight of two struggling school districts.