Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of 07/31/2017: Bay Area Toll Authority Revenue Bonds (Intermediate Lien) – $1.1 Billion This week’s featured bond comes from the State of California. The Bay Area Toll Authority is issuing senior and subordinate toll bridge...
Month: July 2017
Overcoming Economic Downturns and Fiscal Distress Part I: The Gathering Storm
In Part I of 'Overcoming Economic Downturns and Fiscal Distress', James Spiotto Looks at the Gathering Storm in Illinois and Its Municipalities since 2000 In the Introduction to this series, James Spiotto stressed the need for deliberate, disciplined...
How State and Local Governments Can Overcome Economic Downturns and Fiscal Distress
MuniNet Guide Co-Publisher James Spiotto Looks at How We Got Here, Where We Can Go, and How States Are Working to Trim Expenditures While Working on Policy Goals by James Spiotto Over the past sixteen years we have had two recessions (2001 and 2007), the...
Port of Seattle Revenue Bonds – $705 Million | MuniNet Featured Bond Issue
Featured Municipal Bond Issue in the Market, Week of 07/24/2017: Port of Seattle Revenue Bonds (Intermediate Lien) - $705 Million This week’s featured bond comes from the State of Washington. The Port of Seattle is issuing intermediate lien revenue and...
Virginia College Building Authority Revenue Bonds – $599 Million |MuniNet Featured Bond Issue
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 07/17/2017: Virginia College Building Authority Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds – $599 Million This week’s featured bond comes from the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Virginia College Building Authority is...
State of Hawaii Airport Revenue Bonds – $251 Million | MuniNet Featured Bond
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 07/10/2017: State of Hawaii Airport Revenue Bonds - $251 Million This week’s featured bond comes from the State of Hawaii. Hawaii is issuing airport system customer facility charge revenue bonds in the amount of...
Re-Assessing the Credit Quality of America’s Cities in 2017 – Part One: Examining Financial Health Against a Backdrop of High Ratings
Are Credit Ratings Reflecting True Risk? More than two years ago, MuniNet published a five-part series on Assessing the Credit Quality of America's Cities, intended to examine and create a framework to analyze the financial health of cities. With this first...
Survey Says – Number One Issue for State and Local Governments: Hiring and Retaining Staff
Hiring Trend Continues, as Do Struggles With Turnover The Center for State and Local Government Excellence, an organization dedicated to research on state and local government employee compensation, health care, retirement, and other benefits, carried out their...
City of Houston Anticipation Notes – $200 Million | MuniNet Featured Bond
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 07/03/2017: City of Houston Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes – $200 Million This week’s featured bond comes from the State of Texas. The City of Houston is issuing tax and revenue anticipation notes in the amount...