Featured Bond - Week of July 1, 2019: The Economic Development Authority of Fredericksburg, VA Revenue Bonds - Fredericksburg Stadium Project Overview The Economic Development Authority of the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia is issuing $39.8 million in revenue bonds...
Month: June 2019
Not All Cities Have A Pension Problem
By Richard A. Ciccarone, President & CEO of Merritt Research Services, LLC and Co-Owner of MUNINET, LLC The Top 21% of Cities With High Pension Funding Levels Deserve Attention and Usually Praise With so much well-deserved negative attention focused on cities...
Featured Bond: The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority $300 Million in Toll Highway Senior Revenue Bonds
Featured Bond - Week of June 24, 2019: The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority $300 Million in Toll Highway Senior Revenue Bonds Overview The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is issuing $300 Million in Toll Highway Senior Revenue Bonds through negotiated sale....
An Update On Foreign Trade Zones, Economic Development Projects, and Risk Perception with Taxes
By James E. Spiotto This is Part 4 in a 4-part article series on the Post-Fiscal Crisis State and the next fiscal crisis considerations. The information and charts come from a presentation given at the Government Finance Research Center's conference entitled "Ready or...
An Update on the Evolution of Taxing Policy in the New World of Digital, Shared Economy, and Artificial Intelligence Revolution
By James E. Spiotto This is Part 3 in a 4-part article series on the Post-Fiscal Crisis State and the next fiscal crisis considerations. The information and charts come from a presentation given at the Government Finance Research Center's conference entitled "Ready or...
Featured Bond: $231 Million Texas Children’s Hospital – Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation Hospital Revenue Bonds
Featured Bond - Week of June 17, 2019: Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation $231 Million in Hospital Revenue Bonds (Texas Children's Hospital) Overview The Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation is issuing $231...
An Update on Comparisons of Key Economic and Debt Factors: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
By James E. Spiotto This is Part 2 in a 4-part article series on the Post-Fiscal Crisis State and the next fiscal crisis considerations. The information and charts come from a presentation given at the Government Finance Research Center's conference entitled "Ready or...
The Gathering Storm: Illinois & Chicago MSA’s Challenging Financial Developments Due To The Great Recession
By Jim Spiotto This is Part 1 in a 4-part article series on the Post-Fiscal Crisis State and the next fiscal crisis considerations. The information and charts come from a presentation given at the Government Finance Research Center's conference entitled "Ready or Not?...
Featured Bond — Industrial Development Authority of Kansas City, MO (Kansas City International Airport)
Featured Bond – Week of June 10, 2019: Industrial Development Authority of the City of Kansas City, MO Airport Special Obligation Bonds Overview The Industrial Development Authority of the City of Kansas City, Missouri is issuing $851, 335,000 of Airport Special...
Featured Bond: The City of Charlotte $182 Million in Airport Revenue Bonds
Featured Bond - Week of June 3, 2019: City of Charlotte, NC $182 Million in Airport Revenue Bonds Overview The City of Charlotte, North Carolina is issuing $182 Million in Airport Revenue refunding bonds. $141.9 million of this is Non-AMT and $40.6 million is AMT. The...