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Municipal issuers continue to race to market with deals before the calendar turns over, as the tax bill may limit issuance in 2018.

Vivian Altman will be responsible for banking, strategic planning, coordinating execution with underwriting and sales,

As lawmakers worked over the details of tax tax legislation, municipal market participants prepared to embark on what may be a record-setting week for issuance.

The possibility of the municipal market losing both advance refundings and private activity bonds brought a spike in issuance that's likely to extend into December.

Tom Enright and Rick Hursh are managing directors of the firm’s new capital markets office in Indianapolis.

Illinois follows up its $6 billion of October borrowing with $750 million of new money GOs.

Houston hits the market with more certainty about its pensions but less about the tax-exempt market.

Muni volume gets a boost during the Thanksgiving holiday week as one of the nation's biggest issuers comes to market with a type of deal that may be banned after this year under pending tax reform legislation.

The Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority's direct rating link to the state government was costly.

Chicago officials want to highlight the distinctions between the highly rated new securitization and the city's general obligation bonds.

Chicago's Board of Education is pricing more than $900 million, citing positive rating actions and a better balance sheet.

The mill will recycle waste paper and corrugated containers.

Voters in Houston approved the measure by a more than three-to-one margin.

More states and localities moved ahead with infrastructure financings in October, as issuers gained confidence the municipal tax exemption will remain in place.

UBS brings aboard two more muni pros in its quest to fill out its newly revamped public finance business.

Gainesville Regional Utilities received $3 billion in orders for $416 million of tax-exempt bonds.

Illinois will use the proceeds to pay down some of its $16 billion unpaid bill backlog.

The program heads to the Financial Review Commission and the Michigan Finance Authority for approval.

It's the utility's first long-term debt issuance since a court ruling that could have credit repercussions for SRP and other public utilities.

The primary muni market is set another busy week with $10 billion in new paper, as one deal from Illinois accounts almost half of the negotiated calendar.