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New York State's free college tuition proposal raises enrollment uncertainty, according to Fitch Ratings.

Illinois public university presidents sounded alarms about the historic state budget impasse.

Voters in the Goddard, Kan., school district on Tuesday approved a bond issue for $52 million worth of school improvements.

The Clarkston, Idaho, School Board decided this week to aim for a high school construction bond election this November, instead of February 2018.

The Illinois Tollway's board of directors will consider adding $1.3 billion to its bond issuance plans.

Overhaul would result in higher-rated paper, Nappier says.

The $8.2 billion on local Texas bond ballots May 6 is the most since November 2015.

Virginia’s budget imbalance stemming from soft revenue growth and spending down its savings led S&P Global Ratings to revise the outlook to negative on the state’s AAA general obligation rating.

Municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session, according to traders, who were looking ahead to next week’s new issue calendar. Ipreo estimates volume at $8.26 billion, up from a revised total of $5.94 billion this week, according to updated data from Thomson Reuters.

Assured Guaranty and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP increased their leads in the municipal bond insurance and bond counsel rankings in the first quarter, as political uncertainty and higher interest rates cut into the volume of transactions.

The rating pains of Illinois' public universities took a turn for the worse.

Competitive and negotiated calendars for long and short-term issuance

S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term rating and underlying rating (SPUR) three notches to 'B' from 'BB' on Northeastern Illinois University Board of Trustees' outstanding university facilities system (UFS) and certificates of participation (COPS) bonds, issued for Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU).

S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term rating and underlying rating (SPUR) three notches to 'BB' from 'BBB' on Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees' housing and auxiliary facilities system (HAFS) revenue bonds and certificates of participation (COPs), issued for Southern Illinois University (SIU), and placed the ratings on CreditWatch with negative implications.

S&P Global Ratings has affirmed and placed on CreditWatch with negative implications its 'A' long-term rating on Illinois State University Board of Trustees' series 2016 auxiliary facilities system (AFS) revenue bonds.

S&P Global Ratings has affirmed and placed on CreditWatch with negative implications its 'A' long-term rating on Illinois State University Board of Trustees' series 2016 auxiliary facilities system (AFS) revenue bonds. In addition, we affirmed our 'A' long-term rating and underlying rating (SPUR) on existing bonds and certificates of participation (COPs), issued on behalf of Illinois State University (ISU).

A study criticized California spending on charter schools.

California’s big taxable bond offering hit the market on Thursday as municipal bonds weakened in secondary trading.

Spreads widened on bonds for new nuclear units in South Carolina and Georgia.

MSRB boosts help for issuers by offering them an online simulation of a bond financing.