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The primary market is set for yet another week of hyperactivity as issuers make one final push to get advance refundings done before they disappear.

With another $20-plus billion on the docket, it's expected to be another frenzy-filled week in the municipal primary market. Issuers continue to sprint to market ahead of the looming tax bill that will alter the market’s landscape. Investor demand won’t be short either, as both traditional and crossover buyers will be fighting for allocations.

“When our residents think of municipal finance, they don’t think of civic engagement,” said Cambridge city manager Louis DePasquale. “But we’ve really worked hard to make a change on that, and now they do.”

Paul Brandley and Michael Abramo of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority accept the Northeast Deal of the Year for the country's first tax-exempt sustainability bonds.

Before being named the 2017 Deal of the Year, Kaiser Permanente’s Thomas Meier accepts the Healthcare award for the company’s $4.2 billion record-breaking transaction.

Missoula, Mont. chief administrative officer Dale Bickell called the deal the most complicated he's ever been a part of, one he's "proud will provide benefit to my hometown long after it's forgotten."

After its $300 million deal “almost blew up”, Bay Area Toll Authority pulled off its awarding-winning transaction in six weeks, said CFO Brian Mayhew when accepting the award.

John Hackbarth CFO of Owensboro Health talks about the Southeast Deal of the Year being 25-times oversubscribed, which drove down the cost of borrowing.

Scott Mahaffey, Chairman of Fort Worth Transportation Authority, accepts the Southwest Deal of the Year award for a project that “has been on our books for 20 years.”

Great Lakes Water Authority CEO Sue McCormick thanks investors, old and new, for the confidence in its management team and “for knowing a good deal when you see one.”