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For the 28th week in a row, municipal bond funds reported inflows, according to Lipper data released Thursday.
April 14
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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, dropped four basis points to 3.94% from 3.98% in the previous week.
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The long-stalled bipartisan energy modernization bill is expected to move forward in the Senate without an amendment that would have provided Flint, Mich. with $220 million to address its ongoing water crisis.
April 14
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Members of a House panel rebuffed a request from WMATA for $300 million per year of additional federal funding.
April 14
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A spike in the SIFMA municipal swap index is making the short-end of the municipal bond yield curve unusually attractive.
April 14
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New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney, D-Gloucester, floated an alternative proposal aimed at saving Atlantic City from insolvency that sets additional benchmarks for the distressed gambling hub before his previously-proposed state intervention would take effect.
April 14
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Upgrading San Franciscos vulnerable northern seawall to protect against earthquakes and rising sea level could cost $5 billion.
April 13
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The National Association of Bond Lawyers is calling for the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department to revise and re-propose rules that would determine when entities are political subdivisions that can issue tax-exempt bonds.
April 13
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Maryland legislators have overridden Gov. Larry Hogans veto of a bill requiring ranking of transportation projects.
April 12
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The Conroe Industrial Development Corporation in Texas has paid a penalty and agreed to redeem bonds under the Internal Revenue Services voluntary closing agreement program (VCAP) to settle a tax violation relating to bonds it issued in 2008 and refunded in 2012.
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UMB Bank N.A., the bond trustee for Texas Pellets, accelerated the outstanding debt on $186.5 million of bonds due to a default at the company owned by German Pellets, which filed for insolvency in February.
April 11
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The Associated Press and Municipal Bond Information Services, a national consortium of municipal interdealer brokers, announced Monday that it has created a new muni bond index.
April 11
