Primary bond market

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices fell four basis points to 4.07% from the previous week's 4.11%.

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

Moody's Investors Service has lowered the rating on the State of Illinois' general obligation (GO) bonds to Baa3 from Baa2, amid a prolonged political impasse that has prevented progress on a growing pension deficit and an increasing backlog of unpaid bills

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.

The municipal bond market is in store for more volume as the last of the week’s bigger sales are set to hit the screens on Thursday.

The Ridgefield School District has taken another step toward building its first new school in 40-plus years.

Cork popping has given way to elbow grease as Academy School District 20 broke ground Tuesday on a $21 million elementary school where Research Parkway dead-ends at Wolf Valley Drive.

Municipal bonds finished stronger on Wednesday as the bulk of the week’s new issue supply swept into the market.

Municipal bond volume dropped for a fourth straight month in May, falling 19.8% from a year earlier as new money deals failed to take up the slack from a plunge in refundings.

Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session as the first of the week’s new issue supply swept into the market.

Municipal bond traders are anxiously waiting the week’s first wave of issuance.

The Highland School Board approved the issuance $5.5 million worth of bonds at its meeting on May 22.

With $100,285,000 in lease-revenue bonds formally issued Friday, Contra Costa County will now accelerate the planning for a new county administration building downtown and a new emergency operations center near Highway 4.

Minnesota voters are shooting down school bond issues at the highest rate in years, with five out of six referendums rejected last week alone.

The Jefferson County Board Friday approved a measure to re-finance a portion of its jail bonds.

An attorney representing a group of Moses Lake residents who are challenging the outcome of last February's $135 million school construction bond election has filed an appeal with a court in Spokane this week.

Municipal bonds finished the day stronger on Tuesday, as traders prepared for the first big wave of issuance to hit on Wednesday.

Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session as traders looking to a holiday-lite new issue slate.

Municipal bond traders are returning to work on Tuesday and will be looking at a holiday-lite new issue slate while eyeing declining bond yields. Markets were closed early on Friday and were closed all day Monday for the Memorial Day holiday.