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The municipal high yield sector, slumping since before the second quarter, started to rally in October.
November 12
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The New Jersey Legislature has scheduled a "fact-finding" hearing to explore legalizing marijuana as a way to reform drug laws while also raising new revenue.
November 11
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As many communities struggle, the capital necessary for investment may be hidden in plain sight with community development finance institutions.
November 11
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Maryland gets $27.9 million grant to study a 40-mile magnetic levitation train route expected to cost $10 billion.
November 10
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The SEC recently approved a new set of rules that would likely alter the behavior of one of the municipal bond market's largest, and one of the most influential, investor segments of the industry mutual funds. Surprisingly, the industry appears not to be considering its full implications outside of a few closed circles.
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Oklahoma system will finance almost $900 million of turnpike projects with toll revenue bonds rather than state tax revenues.
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Fitch Ratings deemed the reorganization of Clark County School District, Nevada's largest school and the nation's fifth biggest, to be a mid-term credit risk in a report describing the experience of a Utah school district that underwent a break-up in 2010.
November 6
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Allen Park, Mich. received a positive review from Standard & Poor's for its advancing efforts to shed some its troublesome $26.3 million of debt issued for a failed film studio, with an upgrade for the still speculative-grade credit.
November 6
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Voters in eight states approved 26 of 37 transportation funding proposals on Nov. 3 ballots.
November 6
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Moody's Investors Service had more upgrades than downgrades in the third quarter of 2015, and the upgrades also affected a larger dollar amount of debt than its downgrades.
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Municipal bond funds reported inflows for the fifth week in a row, according to Lipper data released on Thursday. Weekly reporting funds experienced $62.996 million of inflows in the week ended Nov. 4, after inflows of $349.038 million in the previous week.
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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 one basis point to 4.35% in the week ended Nov. 5, from 4.34% in the prior week.
November 5
