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October's volume of $34 billion came in 17.7% higher than a year earlier, the third month in a row issuance was greater than at the same time in 2013, according to Thomson Reuters data.
October 31
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Puerto Rico plans to help its Highways and Transportation Authority through an oil tax increase and the sale of bonds from a new authority.
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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, fell two basis points in the week ending Oct. 30 to 4.35%.
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Federal TIFIA loans and similar programs will become more prevalent as conventional highway grants shrink, according to Fitch Ratings, which says TIFIA loans have pluses and minuses for borrowers and other investors.
October 30
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Michigan's decade-long policy of repeatedly cutting local aid to help deal with its own fiscal problems has helped drive some of its local governments into fiscal crisis, the Chicago Fed says in a new report.
October 30
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Toll roads across the nation can expect to see higher volumes of traffic as lower fuel prices encourages more driving, according to Moody's Investors Service.
October 30
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A proposed $3 billion rapid passenger rail system in the Midwest would cut the five-hour train trip between Chicago to Detroit by almost two hours.
October 29
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Infrastructure upgrades would expand the economy and make the U.S. more resistant to climate change, a labor-environmental group says.
October 28
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Michigan should enact protection of general obligation bonds to help the state's local governments in the wake of Detroit's treatment of its GOs as unsecured, says bankruptcy expert James Spiotto.
October 28
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The trial to decide if Detroit's bankruptcy confirmation plan will be approved closed with attorneys for the city defending its debt-adjustment plan as fair to creditors and capable of setting the city on a path to revitalization.
October 28
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On the closing day of Detroit's bankruptcy trial, municipal research firm Municipal Market Advisors warned that the city may have just set itself up for another Chapter 9.
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An overwhelming majority of Texans seem ready to approve a ballot measure moving $1.7 billion/ year into the state road fund.
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