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Texas lawmakers have filed almost two dozen bills in an effort to derail a privately funded high-speed rail line.
February 22
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As we await details of the new administrations infrastructure plans, we must continue to demonstrate the strengths of the tax-exempt municipal market that we have today.
February 22
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Reason Foundation says $12 billion privately financed Texas bullet train proposal would require public funding.
February 21
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A change in the credit cycle may be in store for the municipal bond market as the combination of wider-than-average credit spreads and a rising-interest-rate climate threaten to restrain demand for high yield paper.
February 21
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Public pension funds around the country are reducing their return assumptions.
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Indiana may put tolls on its interstates to fund road work under a state House-approved bill.
February 17
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An attempt by an issuer to introduce protective language into bond documents on a taxable municipal hospital deal backfired and was thwarted by bondholders, Adam Cohen, the founder of Covenant Review, told a meeting of the Fixed Income Analysts Society on Thursday night.
February 17
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A trade war or trade slowdown with China could impact some credits, with West Coast container ports particularly vulnerable.
February 17
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The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, rose three basis points to 4.28% from 4.25% in the previous week.
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Elected officials must persuade motorists of the value of interstate highway tolling, according to new Fitch report.
February 16
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Municipal investors at client meetings with BlackRock are expressing more concern about rising interest rates than about the potential impact of tax reform to the surprise of officials in the firms muni group.
February 15
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Bipartisan caucus of lawmakers wants to meet with President Trump on developing consensus tax reform, infrastructure legislation.
February 15
