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Harvard University's ongoing legal battles and the return to market by Chicago's Regional Transportation Authority lead a host of municipal topics in April.

Long Beach has few, if any, peer credits for the $88 million of marina revenue refunding bonds it plans to price next week.

Dan Aschenbach and Namsoo Lee created Municipal Financial Solutions Associates to help utilities manage the changing economic and regulatory landscape.

Baker Tilly is preparing a $7 billion merger with Moss Adams, another advisory firm. The deal will close in early June.

The state plans to price $626 million in GOs, in part, to fund the I-5 bridge replacement

If the muni market "stays here at these new relationships, we'll find its footing," said John Flahive, head of fixed income at BNY Wealth.

New York's capital needs mean the city cannot afford to be picky about market timing for bond deals, said Jay Olson, deputy comptroller for public finance. 

The Bond Buyer took the pulse of municipal bond market pros to see what they are doing and advising in the midst of the volatility driven by President Trump's shifting tariff policies.

The deal will raise money for general purposes as the Ivy League school faces cuts to government grants as the Trump administration attacks higher education.

Notable deals include a $600 million refunding deal by the New York City Municipal Water Authority and almost $400 million from Rochester, Minnesota.