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Directors at two of the Federal Reserve's 12 regional branches favored a 100-basis-point increase in the discount rate in July, minutes of discount-rate meetings show.

It's the latest setback for Gov. Larry Hogan's signature project, which he wants locked down before he exits office in January.

The Texas Permanent School Fund's bond guarantee program, capped at $117.32 billion under federal law, reported projected available capacity was only about $3.9 billion as of June 30.

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers called on the Federal Reserve to deliver a clear message saying it will need to impose "restrictive" monetary policy that drives up the U.S. unemployment rate in order to quell inflation.

A Reason Foundation study found K-12 debt steadily rising since 2014.

Public agencies are often "clients of last resort" for contractors, especially when construction costs are high.

Investors pulled $229.263 million out of muni bond mutual funds in the latest week, versus the $635.177 million of outflows the prior week, according to Refinitiv Lipper. High-yield continues to see inflows.

The Internal Revenue Service has reinstated Ham Lake, Minnesota based charter school operator Parnassus Building Company's tax-exempt status after it was revoked in May 2022.

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly said the central bank should raise interest rates "a little" above 3% by the end of the year to cool inflation, pushing back against investor bets that officials would then reverse course.

The short end was hammered in the secondary with large blocks of high-grades showing big swings to higher yields while the rest of the curve wasn't spared the damage and triple-A yields rose by seven to 16 basis points.