MuniNet Guide provides some of the more notable news stories relating to state and local infrastructure investments, involving transportation, environmental sustainability, energy, and economic development. High-Speed Rail Board to Weigh in on Revised...
Month: April 2016
Healthcare Organization Issues Billion Dollar Revenue Bonds
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 04/25/2016 This week's featured municipal bond comes from Ascension Health, a faith-based healthcare organization based in Missouri, is scheduled to issue a $1,855 million revenue bond, secured by pledged revenues under...
Is Chapter 9 the Best Resolution Mechanism for Financially Distressed Schools or Are There Better Alternatives? – PART TWO
STATE MONITORING, OVERSIGHT, INTERVENTION, REFINANCING AND, IF NECESSARY, DISSOLUTION OF FINANCIALLY DISTRESSED SCHOOL DISTRICT by James E. Spiotto* This is Part Two of the two part series on the alternatives available to a financially distressed school...
Conference Focus: Participatory Budgeting Project 2016
Participatory budgeting injects direct democracy into the public budgeting process. Part of a government's budget is set aside, and its use it to solely be decided by public vote. Citizens nominate prospective projects, and vote on which projects are funded. The...
Texas Transportation Commission Issues $615 Million in Highway Improvement Bonds
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 04/18/2016 The Texas Transportation Commission is scheduled to issue a $615 million bond, backed by the full faith and credit of the State of Texas, the week of April 18, 2016. The Commission has issued and preliminary...
Is Chapter 9 the Best Resolution Mechanism for Financially Distressed Schools or Are There Better Alternatives? – PART ONE
Why Financially Distressed School Districts Have Wisely Chosen Not to File Chapter 9 Bankruptcy by James E. Spiotto* This is Part One of a two part series on the alternatives available to a financially distressed school district. This series is taken from a...
Conference Focus: National Federation of Municipal Analysts (NFMA) 33rd Annual Conference
Featured Conference MuniNet is kicking off our Featured Conference series with a look at the Annual Conference for the National Federation of Municipal Analysts, taking place May 3-6, 2016, in Chicago, IL. Chartered in 1983, the NFMA is a not-for-profit organization...
Slow Descent: How Economic and Regulatory Factors Are Changing the Regional Airline Industry and the Potential Effect on the Nation’s Airports
by Peter Stettler Over the past ten to 15 years the major domestic network airlines have relied on regional airline partners to efficiently serve smaller and mid-sized airports across the nation. Lately the advantages of the regional airline model have begun to wane...
Orlando Health Scheduled to Issue Large Negotiated Bond
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 04/11/2016 Orlando Health, a nor-for-profit health organization and network based in the Orlando, FL area, is scheduled to issue a negotiated $72 million bond the week of April 11, 2016. The organization has issued and...
Court Review of Public Pension Reform: The Latest Ruling Emphasizes Consensual Agreement Over Legislatively Mandated Changes
by James E. Spiotto* Over the last eight years, over 45 states and numerous local governments have instituted some form of pension reform which many times included increasing contributions and reducing benefits. Over the last four years, there have been over 18 state...