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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Midwest budgets are taking shape as revenue stress from the COVID-19 pandemic eases, even before potential federal relief is counted… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. shoppers boosted spending by 5.3% in January, the first monthly increase in four months, buoyed by stimulus payments that many households received in the most…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Bitter cold and power outages have created a crisis for some Texan farms and ranches, leaving livestock dead from exposure and raising fears that herds could…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The California School Finance Authority plans to price $1.4 billion in short-term notes to help public schools and community colleges bridge state aid shortfalls… Link to…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker won’t ask lawmakers to approve a major tax hike to help close the now $3 billion projected gap in the fiscal 2022…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Michigan-based Trinity Health’s efforts to shed a fiscally struggling Chicago hospital resulted in a Chapter 11 filing for the hospital Wednesday… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Congressional Democrats are using coronavirus relief legislation to advance a vision of federal aid to households that is focused on cash assistance with few restrictions, moving…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: San Diego City Council members are weighing budget cuts and the possibility of spending down reserves in the face of a big revenue miss in the…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: The opening of the Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station, a planned Port Authority Bus Terminal replacement eight blocks north, and other looming megaprojects have sparked…

Municipal Bond Credit Report: U.S. employers resumed hiring in January, but the weak pace of job gains suggested a long road remains for the recovery… Link to Story

Municipal Bond Credit Report: State and local governments in early 2020 expected the pandemic-induced downturn to decimate their budgets, as millions of business closures and layoffs wiped out tax revenue……

Municipal Bond Credit Report: Texas sales tax revenue topped $3 billion in January but fell just shy of the total collected one year earlier… Link to Story